Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.

Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S ...

Some people seem to attract mosquitoes far more than others, and scientists think there are clear biological reasons why.

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

Look forward to bugs dying in cold weather? What we know about why some big mosquitoes could still bite you this winter, even ...

A photograph shared to Reddit on April 17, 2024, (archived here), claimed to show 1 million mosquitoes that had been "caught in a trap in Sanibel, Florida." The post had received more than 43,000 ...

Jurassic Park—and its never-ending sequels and spinoffs—starts with a basic premise: extracting the DNA of long-dead ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue researcher and a team of scientists working on a new insecticide argue that mosquitoes should not simply be made extinct due to their role in various ecosystems.

No one likes mosquitoes, especially your pets. Since mosquitoes carry diseases, they're also dangerous for you and your pets. What can you do to keep them safe this summer? Use Screens In Your Doors ...

Mosquitoes in Minnesota — a classic yet annoying staple of the state's warm season — may not yet be top of mind for most. Experts, however, are already predicting they could be unavoidable this summer ...

In a protest that was as sharp as the sting that triggered it, a young man in Chhattisgarh's capital literally carried his ...