New research reveals how the bacteria strain Wolbachia pipientis enhances the fertility of the insects it infects, an insight that could help scientists increase the populations of mosquitoes that do ...

Wolbachia bacteria could offer an environmentally-friendly way of controlling mosquitoes and the many diseases they spread.

Sometimes, you have to fight fire with fire. At least, that’s the mindset Bee Safe Mosquito Control is taking in their approach of releasing 600,000 mosquitoes across DC this summer. The male ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a simulated climate change environment—characterized by elevated temperature ...

When fruit flies are infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, their sex lives—and ability to reproduce—change dramatically. Arizona State University scientist Timothy Karr decided to find out why. What ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research on Joro spiders by Georgia Gwinnett College found the invasive critters carry a bacteria that can cause them to go ...

A scientist decided to find out why a bacterial infection makes fruit flies promiscuous. What he discovered could help curb mosquito-borne diseases and manage crop pests. When fruit flies are infected ...

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanism underlying male sterility in insects caused by viral proteins present in Wolbachia bacteria. In a recent study, researchers from Penn State University (PA, USA ...

Male fruit flies infected with the bacterium, Wolbachia, are less aggressive than those not infected, according to research published in the July Applied and Environmental Microbiology. This is the ...

A mei-P26 mutant Drosophila melanogaster ovariole infected with wMel bacterial symbionts. DNA is stained in red, anti-Vasa protein is stained blue, and anti-Hu-li tai shao ring canal protein is ...