If you feel like you’re the victim of itchy mosquito bites more often than others, it may not be all in your head. Mosquitoes primarily rely on carbon dioxide to locate their targets, Swiger said.

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

Maricopa County’s Vector Control Division has received more than 6,000 complaints about mosquito bites this season. The ...

Researchers have chanced upon a bacteria naturally present in the gut of mosquitoes that inhibits the growth of a parasite that causes the deadliest form of malaria. Unlikely to produce resistance, ...

[NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] Researchers say they have used Artificial Intelligence and citizen-submitted photos to identify what ...

When it comes to innovation, engineers have long proved to be brilliant copycats, drawing inspiration directly from nature.

Entomologist Torsten Dikow, a leading expert on assassin flies, is working to connect a global community of researchers through the democratization of insect science Emma Saaty Torsten Dikow overlooks ...

Mosquitoes top the list as the most annoying part of summer, new research suggests. A recent survey of 2,000 adults revealed more than a quarter (28%) said that mosquitoes are the most frustrating ...

This week, a New Hampshire man died of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but extremely serious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus. Human cases of EEE have also been reported in Wisconsin ...

Scientists have made a massive breakthrough in the continued fight against mosquitos. While some have turned to releasing genetically modified mosquitos designed to kill off the biting females, others ...

Warm weather is here and mosquitoes are on the rise in Australia. Unseasonably large swarms are causing problems in some ...

Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the ...