A mosquito-killing fungus genetically engineered to produce spider and scorpion toxins could serve as a highly effective biological control mechanism to fight malaria-carrying mosquitoes, scientists ...

This composite image shows a dead female Anopheles gambiae mosquito and Metarhizium pingshaense, which has been engineered to produce spider and scorpion toxins. The fungus is also engineered to ...

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<b>WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2006</b> - The irony stung worse than the scorpion. A soldier dedicated to studying dangerous wildlife recently got attacked by one of the aggressive fat-tailed scorpions he ...