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 ...

Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill thousands of people per year. In 2023 alone, malaria killed over ...

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 ...