Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the sound of a female's wingbeats. Imagine researchers' surprise when a single change ...

The lifespan of female flies that mated with toxic males decreased – up to 64%. A computer simulation of the toxic male technique for Aedes aegypti, a mosquito that transmits several viruses ...

On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, the sharp, whining buzz of a mosquito shatters ... and fertility in their female mates. 7 This physiological response is caused by seminal fluid ...

The team then tracked, over a two-month period, how many offspring each male produced when competing against other males for a female partner to mate with. After performing more than 2,000 ...