Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. _Aedes aegypti_, found across much of the U.S., spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other viruses. Mailson Pignata/iStock via ...

Some animals, from puffins and swans to prairie voles, are known to mate for life. For female mosquitoes, mating typically occurs once in their lifetime—lasting under 30 seconds—before the couple go ...

Despite studies on mosquito mating going back to the 1950s, the role of the female in the process remained obscure. The speed of the process - the interactions that lead to mating take just one or two ...

Miami-Dade County has seen its first case of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease that causes fever, severe headache and muscle and joint pain. And with the advent of warm weather across the southern U.S.

Instead of creating new types of pesticides or machines to eliminate the abundance of disease-carrying mosquitoes, a group of researchers from Australia have engineered 'Toxic Male' mosquitoes to ...

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Aedes aegypti, found across much of the U.S., spread Zika, dengue, chikungunya and other viruses. Mailson Pignata/iStock via Getty Images Kaylee Marrero, Florida International University; Andre Luis ...