The team calculated that the mosquitoes likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some ...

A warm body in the rainforest gives off a loud chemical signal. For most mosquitoes, that signal could belong to almost any ...

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year by transmitting malaria ...

Not all mosquitoes are to blame, however. Every bloodsucking malaria vector comes from those within the group Anopheles leucosphyrus, which encompasses a comparatively small portion of the planet’s ...

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

A perfect storm of conditions is making mosquitoes, and the diseases they carry, a big threat to human health.

Irked residents across Southern California have recently complained to their vector control districts about an onslaught of ...

The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group—including those that transmit ...

"We're expecting heightened activity from a number of pests that can threaten both property and health," said Jim Fredericks, senior vice president of public affairs at National Pest Management ...

The most dangerous animal to humans? You’ve probably encountered it. In fact, you’ve probably been attacked by it. And now ...

The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District said there were 47 human cases of West Nile in the Twin Cities last year, much greater than the previous high of 28.