The sun is out, flowers are blooming and the mosquitoes are back. There are very few flaws in a Canadian summer, but the bugs certainly battle for the top spot. When repelling bugs, especially ...

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Emily Dennis has spent hours, if not days, watching mosquitoes buzz around her bare, outstretched arm. Carefully, she's observed the insects land, stab their mouthparts through her skin and feed. But ...

DEET, a chemical in bug sprays, affects the behavior of highly diverse organisms -- but how it works remains unclear. New research in C. elegans shows that the compound exploits unique receptors and ...

Scientists have expressed safety concerns about insect repellents that contain Deet after observing the chemical's toxic effects in mammals. Deet has been in use for decades and is found in most of ...

It’s summer, aka an amazing time to have fun outdoors—but super itchy bug bites are a total buzzkill. When insects start biting, it’s sometimes hard to decide which is worse: dealing with the nibbles ...

Q: Are "no-see-ums" the same critters listed in the Peterson Field Guide as punkies or biting midges? In my backyard, I've come to count on their bites on my legs all the way up to my belt line every ...

The insect repellent DEET doesn’t actually repel insects — it confuses them. New research suggests that DEET gums up sniffing machinery, sabotaging an insect’s sense of smell. Nerve cells that send ...