Malaria-transmitting female Anopheles gambiae develop eggs upon mating as a result ... “[T]he paper provides insights into the complex biological cocktail that the male [mosquito] synthesizes to ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Male mosquitoes are being genetically modified ... Only female mosquitoes bite humans, such as those in the Aedes aegypti and ...

George Bernard / Science Source Anopheles mosquitoes (shown here ... The altered gene (shown as a circle, right) is carried by male mosquitoes (orange), which remain fertile.

“This is a breakthrough in the field and potentially very useful for control of the malaria-transmitting mosquito,” said Steven Sinkins, who studies mosquito-borne diseases at Lancaster University in ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

Story continues below video Science News sponsorship position. Malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes are known for their ability to sneak away from a victim after a meal. Now researchers have ...