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

Genetically engineered mosquito-killing fungi delivered from males to females during mating could soon be a promising ally in the fight against malaria. A team of scientists from Burkina Faso and the ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year. David Hancock was almost one of ...

There are lots of myths about mosquitos, but one presiding falsehood about these pests has some people confusing its bite ...

No matter where you live, it’s likely you’ll encounter mosquitoes when temperatures rise. Mosquitoes tend to flock to warm, wet conditions, and standing water offers a breeding ground for these pesky ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Grab your bug spray, it's that time of year again. Utah's hotter temperatures are breeding more and more mosquitoes, and it's just getting started. Just in the last week, workers with ...

In the wild, mosquitoes mate randomly and propagate by Mendelian inheritance, which dictates that a mutation spreads slowly, if at all. Unless the man-made mutation conveyed some strong evolutionary ...

With so much rain lately, you’ve probably noticed masses of mosquitoes in your yard. Just one adult female mosquito can lay hundreds of eggs (larvae) in one sitting. Orlando Entomologist (someone who ...

Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes joint aches, fever and fatigue.

WAILUKU–An airborne war against avian-malaria-spreading mosquitoes is actively underway on Kaua’i, and soon to start on Maui. In the 2013 film “Planes,” audiences of all ages became familiar with a ...

When it comes to battling mosquitoes, tons of people go for bug zappers to give those pesky blood suckers the fate they deserve — over 1.75 million of these devices are sold each year in the U.S. But ...