In a new paper, researchers argue that deliberate full extinction of harmful species like mosquitoes is acceptable, but only rarely.

An expert explains the risks mosquitoes and ticks pose to people and how you can best protect yourself from the pests.

"...using nitisinone could be a promising new complementary tool for controlling insect-borne diseases like malaria."

"We are proud to see the impact of this work already translating into action in for millions of people at risk of malaria here."

"You could leave them together with the females for days, and they will not mate."

"The mosquito we study, Aedes aegypti, is exceptionally skilled at finding human hosts. This work sheds new light on how they achieve this."

Though bed nets and insecticides help protect against malaria, some people blame these measures for a return of other pests, like bed bugs.

What makes some people more attractive to biting mosquitoes than others? Researchers have answers for you in this video.

Scientists have had limited understanding of how temperature affects malaria's spread. New research changes that.

New research examines an often overlooked aspect in models of how climate change will affect the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.