The licorice-like scent of petunias is enough to turn off many an insect including aphids, hornworms and squash bugs. The ...

Now, researchers have found that felines rub against the plant to apply a mosquito-repelling compound onto their fur. The finding, by a team of researchers at Iwate University, Kyoto University ...

These plants clothe walls and supports in foliage and flowers. Climbers cling on using tendrils, twining stems, stem roots or sticky pads, while wall shrubs need to be tied to supports. Plants can be ...

The humidity is soupy and cloaking, the air scented with artificial-coconut sunscreen, citronella oil and perspiration. Mosquitoes nip at exposed slivers of our wrists and ankles. On we trudge.

Warm and wet weather can mean more mosquito biting and breeding, including the ones that can carry diseases that make you sick. Your only protection against mosquitoes and the diseases they can carry ...

For example, when a mosquito sucks your blood, it injects saliva into your skin ... take preventative measures to avoid insect bites by using insect repellent with DEET when spending time outdoors and ...

North Koreans joining assaults on Kursk front, Kyiv says Ukraine denounces new escalation, urges allied response Russia-Ukraine war in volatile phase KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russia has begun ...