A handful of easy-to-find plants — many of them herbs you can cook with — can help keep pests at bay while doing double duty as decor. The trick isn’t planting one miracle shrub and calling it done.

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Anyone who enjoys the outdoors in Southeast Texas, especially during the warmer months, is forced to contend with one of nature’s most extreme annoyances — the mosquito. It’s amazing to me how such a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosquitoes are a total buzzkill when it comes to outdoor activities. While numerous sprays, bracelets, candles, bug zappers, and ...

Mosquitoes are the kind of annoyance that can deter you from spending time outdoors in the evening. Even if you've used bug spray and lit a citronella candle, it seems that few things can really repel ...

Either way, DEET remains the most effective, safe topical mosquito repellent. If you’re headed to a region with a malaria ...

Consumer Reports tests lotions, sprays, wipes, and plant-based repellents on real people, using real mosquitoes.

Summertime hikes and afternoons in the backyard can be ruined by mosquito bites. So, many people apply topical synthetic repellents like DEET before heading outside, but there is a growing market for ...

Plant-oil repellents can still be useful, but are not all the same. REI says synthesized plant oils, including oil of lemon ...

Summer travel and mosquitoes come as a package deal, and the bites always seem to land right ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A bug bite can leave more than just an itchy bump. Mosquitoes can spread diseases like the West Nile virus, and ticks can transmit many diseases, including Lyme and Rocky Mountain ...