The Andhra Pradesh government has released approximately 10 million Gambusia fish into the state’s water bodies to combat mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. The fish, also known as ...

The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation’s department of public health has decided to tackle the mosquito menace with mosquitofish or Gambusia Affinis, a fish that feeds on mosquito larva. As ...

In the last few months, various government and non-governmental organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Punjab have released mosquitofish into local water bodies to address a mosquito menace that ...

Regional Science City (RSC) Lucknow has come up with a novel way to combat the spread of vector-borne diseases especially at a time cases of dengue are rising in the city. The institute is ...

In the absence of an effective vaccine that protects humans from dengue, limiting contact between people and vectors is the most effective way to prevent dengue infections. Environmental management ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Freeholders Lyman Barnes and Heather Simmons dd Gambusia Affinis, a mosquito larvae-eating fish, to a retention pond at Delsea Drive Park in Glassboro. Gloucester County Freeholders Lyman Barnes and ...

With West Nile virus claiming another New Mexico life and three more people getting sick from it, a lot of folks took advantage of the city's free mosquito-eating fish giveaway Saturday. With the fish ...

Family: Poeciliidae Etymology: Gambusia comes from a Cuban work "Gambusino" which means "nothing", in the sense that to fish for Gambusia is to fish for nothing (Moyle 2002). affinis = "related" ...

HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) - It's peak season for West Nile Virus. Bug spray and long sleeves are a must, but there are also other ways to battle those bloodsuckers. Mosquito-eating fish work for ...