Out of the 3,000 mosquito species known to humans only the females bite us. The blood they suck is food for their eggs, not them. Instead, mosquitoes eat nectar from flowers.

The mosquitoes that still eat blood had more genes involved in sniffing out odors and fewer genes involved in light sensitivity.

Mosquitoes make proteins to help them handle the stressful spike in body temperature that's prompted by their hot blood meals, a new study has found. The mosquito's eating pattern is inherently ...

By messing with the HPPD enzyme, the drug effectively makes it so mosquitoes can't detoxify an amino acid found in blood, called tyrosine, so they die after eating.

If you find yourself getting bitten by mosquitoes more than most, you're not alone. Can your blood type explain why?

Most mosquito species, along with a host of other arthropods — including ticks, fleas, bedbugs, blackflies, horseflies, and biting midges — require the protein in blood to develop a batch of eggs.

Aggressive ‘Ankle-Biter' Mosquito Eating SoCal Alive Can Breed in a Capful of Water The aggressive blood-suckers, which officials believe arrived on a container ship from Aisa, are slowly ...

The female mosquito has an amazing ability to detect blood using her syringe-like 'tongue.' Now scientists have identified the neurons that give her blood-seeking powers.

The female mosquito has an amazing ability to detect blood using her syringe-like "tongue." Now scientists have identified the neurons that give her blood-seeking powers.

A certain spider is reported to get blood from a secondary source—by eating blood-filled female mosquitoes. Among vertebrates, I found no reports of blood-eating amphibians or reptiles, but some ...

It’s long been thought by scientists that mosquitoes and their biting fly cousins evolved from plant-eating ancestors, and that females later evolved to have the ability to drink blood.

Some people would say they even stink! Hours after you eat garlic, your breath can still smell bad, as your body digests compounds in the plant and releases them into your blood. Now scientists say a ...