Mosquitoes are more than just a summer nuisance; they pose a significant global health challenge, killing over 700,000 people ...

Engineered microbes may find use in living, long-term mosquito repellent By Ben Coxworth July 30, 2024 Unlike their natural counterparts, two types of genetically engineered skin bacteria don't ...

Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University and Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that allows the proboscises, or ...

Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists from the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) have uncovered a surprising mechanism showing how mosquito saliva can alter the human body's immune response during chikungunya virus ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Spring has officially sprung in the District, and with the cherry blossoms come some far less welcome guests: mosquitoes. These tiny vampires are back in action and things could get ...

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 ...