Officials urged residents to take preventive measures. Health officials sound alarm over concerning discovery made during ...

Paleontologists believe that Leioproctus barrydonovani inhabited broadleaf forests surrounding a Miocene maar lake—a crater ...

Resistance to antimalarial drugs is a growing concern with research indicating that resistance to first-line treatments has ...

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management of the insect collection at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in ...

was the most common method for mosquito immature collections. Morphological methods were the most preferred methods for genus identification utilized in 61%(n=41) studies, while molecular (e.g., ...

Alphaviruses are infectious agents that replicate in humans and many animals; this viral genus includes Chikungunya ... in cells from three vector mosquito species.

Mosquito-borne virus cases almost tripled across Queensland in 2024 amid surges in cases of Ross River virus and potentially deadly dengue fever. Queensland Health recorded 3,225 cases ...

To avoid wasting resources, check the Insect Diversity section in your Field Guide (on the second page). For example, if it says 1/0, it means there’s one insect present on the island ...

For people with a mosquito bite allergy, also known as "skeeter syndrome," symptoms are more severe than the itchy red bump of a mosquito bite. They can include a rash, large areas of excessive ...

The work is published in the Biodiversity Data Journal. The aquatic insect is small, with its wings less than 5 mm long. Its name, "lumbardhi," honors the local Albanian name for the river ...

However, since the initial announcement, all has been quiet on the Central front regarding any progress on the taxonomy-move even as the clock ticks away on India’s climate commitments. “The Centre ...