Sure, bug spray is great, but between the various active ingredients and concentrations, it’s hard to know what truly works, let alone find a spray that doesn’t smell like a chemistry lab or make you ...

The oil absorbs relatively quickly and doesn’t leave the greasy residue associated with some other natural repellents. For convenience, consider transferring soybean oil to a small spray bottle ...

Need a safe, natural mouse repellent? Pick up one of these editor-tested products to keep mice away. Mice are notoriously ...

The City of Corpus Christi has released this week's mosquito spraying schedule. "The spraying route schedule is tentative and ...

The crowd at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin on New Year’s Eve 1980 was bigger than the venue’s 1,500-person capacity. Plenty of music fans, it seemed, knew a doorman or could talk ...

A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, ...

The most effective and consistent repellent in our tests was this Boots spray. It excelled, lasting for an impressive 10.5 hours before the first confirmed bite. Not only was it highly reliable, but ...

There are few things as annoying as a mosquito bite. We’ve tried every old wives’ tale in the book, from eating huge quantities of asparagus to upping our intake of vitamin B. “You may have ...

Want an itch-free summer? See our edit of the best performing DEET-based sprays to plant-based creams and convenient patches The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you ...

When testing this fly spray, Alex found it conditioned her horse’s coat a lot more than other fly sprays she tested. While some repellents can be effective, they can dry the coat out and make it ...

Her doctoral research focused on Euphractus sexcinctus, aka the yellow, or six-banded, armadillo (above), whose courtship rituals she has observed and filmed. In the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil ...

When travelling to places where mosquitoes are common, it’s advised to spray your skin and clothes with an insect repellent which contains DEET”. “The potent smell of DEET masks the scent of ...