Certain viruses like dengue and Zika can make their hosts smell tastier to mosquitoes. Luckily, vitamin A and its derivatives may help combat these odor changes.

A species of jumping spider in Kenya appears to use the blood-red abdomen of mosquitoes to target them as prey.

Could this study provide an insight into how to avoid being bitten simply by adjusting the colours we wear? Let’s take a look.

Steering clear of mosquito bites this spring and summer may depend on a seemingly surprising choice: Leave your red clothes in the closet.

Mosquitoes infected with the dengue virus are more attracted to mammals, bite more often, and are three times better at transmitting infection.

Mosquitoes infected with the dengue virus are more attracted to mammals, bite more often, and are three times better at transmitting infection.

Reproduction in mosquitoes crucially relies on their sense of hearing.

A new study clarifies how female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use vision to recognize humans for their next meal.

When a volunteer wore mosquito-resistant clothing in a cage with 200 live, disease-free insects, the material prevented 100% of mosquito bites.