You may think of mosquitoes as simple little insects that give you annoying bites. However, they have a surprisingly ...
Female mosquitoes need to drink blood of some kind in order to lay eggs. Male mosquitoes, which do not lay eggs, subsist primarily on nectar. A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube ...
A pilot project beginning July 7 will release male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that have been treated with Wolbachia bacteria.
Why do mosquitoes increase after rain? Learn how monsoon rains create breeding sites, spread diseases, and how to prevent bites and breeding.
The increased use of irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa has benefited the Anopheles arabiensis mosquito - an important malaria vector - particularly in rice paddies. A research team led from the Swedish ...
New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has shown that female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can pass the Zika virus to their eggs and offspring. The recent Zika virus outbreak ...