A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

Genetic alterations may help mosquitoes adjust to climate change, shifting the distribution of mosquito-borne disease in a ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

Mosquitoes use carbon dioxide to locate hosts, and those unable to detect it struggle to survive. Their eggs can endure long dry periods, and some species can overwinter by reducing metabolism.

University of Iowa researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit flies to get on the same frequency as courting males. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ...

A new mosquito species unique to Sri Lanka has been discovered through research, according to entomologist Gayan Sri Kumarasinghe of the ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

They’re sometimes called mosquito hawks or skeeter eaters because they’re said to eat mosquitos, though this is untrue. There are lots of species of crane flies in the United States ...

In the present study, researchers investigated whether mosquito species in the US have the potential to maintain OROV using both historic (TRVL9760) and recent (240023) viral isolates. OROV 240023 ...