Mosquitoes are generally considered a nuisance, if not a deadly, malaria-carrying pest. Despite their peskiness, their ...

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.

To combat the ongoing threat of mosquito-borne diseases worldwide, University of South Florida researchers have launched a mosquito-tracking dashboard driven by citizen science – a scalable solution ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Cary Barbor, was originally published by WGCU. The ...

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 ...

Did you know that the world's deadliest animal is the mosquito? And Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous. This bug spreads viruses that cause dengue fever, which was recently declared as an ...

Ever wondered how a tiny mosquito can find you in a completely dark room? Even when you can't see a thing, they somehow ...

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Mosquitoes can smell you from 120 feet away-and they remember your taste. The science behind why they keep coming back.

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MARSHALL, Texas - If you feel like you’re the victim of itchy mosquito bites more often than others, it may not be all in your head. Sonja Swiger, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...