Scientists have recently made a breakthrough by converting the delightful aroma of flowers into a potent mosquito killer.

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

Biologists use cutting-edge imaging technology to probe anatomical adaptations designed to target carbon dioxide emitted by ...

The most dangerous animal in the world just got easier to study—and perhaps defeat one day. Researchers from Rockefeller ...

Ten years after a devastating Zika outbreak in Brazil, new research has revealed another concerning side effect of the ...

Learn about vampire spiders and their love of human blood, which they're able to salvage from blood-carrying mosquitoes.

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia. Female mosquitoes that ...

A scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station used DNA analysis to show the mosquito that spread the disease ...

Residents in a County Londonderry village have said they are being "tormented" once again by biting insects, which experts have identified as mosquitoes. Molly Clarke, 57, is among a number of people ...

It’s the end of mosquito season, but our recent October storm may have revived some problem areas. The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, which covers a large portion of the county, ...

West Nile virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns, but since August 2003 when it was first detected in the Beehive State, infections in Utah residents have steadily risen. “West Nile virus or WNV ...