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 ...

Keep your insect spray handy — mosquitoes are getting hungrier for human blood. What's happening? Mosquito bites are an itchy nuisance in most cases but can also pose serious he ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new travel advisory for an archipelago of islands amid an ongoing virus outbreak.

A research team at UC Santa Barbara led by Professor Craig Montell identified the first known taste receptor in the mosquito gustatory system ...

Winter weather and amount of precipitation may have an impact on the tick and mosquito activity during spring and summer ...

Whether they do so for food, or simply the humans are in the wrong place at the wrong time, these are the animals that eat the most humans annually.

For the second year in a row, New Jersey had no shark bites off its coast. Swimmers elsewhere were not so lucky.

The first mosquito-borne virus of the year has been detected in the Coachella Valley after a North Shore mosquito sample tested positive for St. Louis encephalitis virus, officials said Tuesday. “This ...

Mosquitoes love certain colors, so in Louisiana, wearing blue or white keeps the buzzing at bay, while red and orange can make you a target for bites.

Researchers knit bite-proof, insecticide-free clothing using WHOLEGARMENT technology for comfort and safety.