Infectious diseases borne by mosquitoes—such as malaria, dengue fever, and Zika fever—claim more than 770,000 lives worldwide each year. Understanding how mosquitoes find humans has long been a ...

Mosquitoes thrive in the summer due to warmer, humid weather and increased standing water from rain. Professional treatments include barrier sprays for quick results and larvicides for long-term ...

Mosquito season is almost upon us, which means soon, calamine lotion and bug spray will be part of everyone’s summer routine. And though there’s no way to 100% repel mosquitoes, a new study sheds ...

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some people seem to get bitten by mosquitoes far more than others, and it’s not just bad luck. Scientists have found that certain ...

With the Santa Clara County agency that fights mosquitoes and pests facing a budget shortfall, property owners have begun voting on a new fee that officials say will allow them to combat rising ...

Scientists have finally cracked how mosquitoes decide where to fly—and it’s not by following each other. Instead, each insect independently reacts to visual cues and carbon dioxide, zeroing in on ...

Mosquitoes have an appetite dampener in their derrières. When mosquitoes’ bellies are full, special cells in their rectums block their bloodthirst, researchers report March 20 in Current Biology. The ...

Scientists have long aspired to vaccinate wild bats to prevent the circulation of deadly viruses. These mammals harbor rabies, Ebola, Nipah, Marburg, and coronaviruses that can cause severe disease ...

Trajectories of mosquitoes flying around a human target. David L. Hu, Georgia Tech That’s the note undergraduate Chris Zuo sent me along with photos of countless mosquito bites on his bare skin. This ...