Mosquitoes are more likely to infect people with malaria in the early evening than in the middle of the night or the early morning, researchers find.

Mosquitoes are one of the planet's deadliest animals. New research clarifies how they use the warmth of our bodies to find a meal.

A new drug target may offer a way to keep the malaria parasite from spreading, researchers say.

An extra barrier layer above malaria bed nets significantly improves their performance, a new study shows.

The way a mosquito uses its wings to make special sounds to attract a mate could lead to ways to build quieter drones, researchers say.

DEET may not repel malaria-carrying mosquitoes from humans after all. Instead, it may work like a cloak to hide our scent and fend off the critters' bites.

Researchers hunting for new pesticides came across DFDT, and soon found that German scientists in WWII had beaten them to it.

Reworking molecules originally designed to fight the skin disease psoriasis could pave the way for a new drug to combat malaria.

"With the graphene, the mosquitoes weren't even landing on the skin patch—they just didn't seem to care."

Asian tiger mosquitoes are pushing their geographical limits by laying eggs that don't hatch right away.