What price, no more mosquitoes? Xinhua News Agency/REX Shutterstock
A race is on to do something about the Zika virus. A possible vaccine is years away, so that means doing something about its vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Genetic engineering techniques mean it is possible to . But would there be an ecological downside to exterminating a creature whose only purpose seems to be to bother us?
As with many predictions involving complex natural systems, a definitive answer is impossible. Some ecologists worry about small changes having big unforeseen effects, and liken the…
