L uciano Moreira, a vector biologist and the project lead of the World Mosquito Program in Brazil, has always been driven by solving people’s problems. As a kid, he concocted blends of house-cleaning ...

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

But when the evening winds down and those unscreened bifold doors are left open, mosquitoes can sneak into the house unnoticed. Once inside, they can easily bite us as we relax on the couch or ...

“They’re often called a house mosquito,” Holmes added. “They’ll hide out in cellars or culverts. Before winter, they’ll drink nectar and get really fat, building up these huge lipid ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

"They're often called a house mosquito," Holmes added. "They'll hide out in cellars or culverts. Before winter, they'll drink nectar and get really fat, building up these huge lipid deposits.

Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method. The "toxic male ...

A Victorian man is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital after contracting Japanese encephalitis from a mosquito bite. This news comes after both Victoria and New South Wales issued ...