A new device uses real blood and hydrogels for the study of mosquito bites and the diseases they transmit.
The female mosquito will hunt down any human, but some of us get bitten far more than others. The answer why may be hidden in our skin.
The unconventional way mosquitoes use their odd sense of smell to process odors could help explain why they are so good at finding and biting us.
Increases in three climate factors—temperature, rainfall, and ocean warming—predict mosquito population growth in Sri Lanka for the next one to six months.
A species of jumping spider in Kenya appears to use the blood-red abdomen of mosquitoes to target them as prey.
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.
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.
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