Scientists have created the world’s first mosquito cell map, revealing how these insects spread diseases like dengue and Zika ...

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

The most dangerous animal in the world just got easier to study—and perhaps defeat one day. Researchers from Rockefeller ...

Vosshall and colleagues say that this is a lock-and-key mechanism, in which the gonostyli serve as the key to open the female ...

The new fossil, encased in a piece of amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar, represents both the first mosquito larva ...

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia. Female mosquitoes that ...

Public backlash has forced local officials in Pengyuan—a community in the city of Jiangmen, Guangdong province—to rescind an order requiring residents to surrender their keys so that sanitation ...

It’s the end of mosquito season, but our recent October storm may have revived some problem areas. The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, which covers a large portion of the county, ...

The chikungunya virus was locally acquired in New York for the first time. China has its largest chikungunya outbreak since 2008, affecting global infection patterns. Symptoms include fever, joint ...

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I know the answer is technically no. We’re nowhere near consistent overnight temperatures below the 50-degree mark. Still! I have been asked no less than three times in the past week if we’re “done ...