The team calculated that the mosquitos likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some 2 ...

The amount of mosquitoes recorded inside the traps set in wards where Wolbachia-infected males were released plummeted 77%.

You're likely to notice more mosquitoes this season, and that matters because several species that carry dangerous viruses are expanding their range and season. Health officials urge taking simple ...

Cyprus will vaccinate thousands of goats, sheep, hogs and cows to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

Not all mosquitoes are to blame, however. Every bloodsucking malaria vector comes from those within the group Anopheles leucosphyrus, which encompasses a comparatively small portion of the planet’s ...

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

A 13-year study led by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals why a deadly ...

Why are some mosquitoes more likely to transmit dengue than others? A team of researchers has identified a genetic enzyme ...

For decades, mpox did not pose a threat to Americans, but that changed rapidly and repeatedly over the past five years.