Known for its intoxicating effects on felines, catnip oil may also have a future in termite control. Recent experiments by USDA Forest Service researcher Chris Peterson show that catnip oil repels and ...

Kitty heaven could be skeeter hell, and for humans this is probably a good thing. Catnip is making its case as nature's perfect elixir: Not only does it tickle feline fancies and ward off cockroaches, ...

NEW ORLEANS, March 25 — Cats may adore catnip, but termites hate it. That's what two researchers found in a new study presented today at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the ...

Catnip may be ambrosia to cats, but for some creatures it’s the opposite. Preliminary results now suggest that the oil in the herb rebuffs mosquitoes more effectively than the widely used repellent ...

Catnip may be the cat’s meow, but the plant’s oil repels roaches and mosquitoes (SN: 9/8/01, p. 148: Available to subscribers at Feline stimulant fends off mosquitoes). Now, the entomologist who ...

There are more than 200 types of mosquitoes living in the United States ready to ruin summer concerts, pool time, barbecues, and campouts. Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying and itchy—some types can ...

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Your cat probably knows it as Catnip or Catmint. But the stuff that drives your kitten crazy goes by the Latin name Nepeta cataria, and it's a member of the genus Nepeta (derived from Nepete, the ...