With the arrival in California of dengue, a dangerous mosquito-borne disease present mainly in more tropical climates, public ...

Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission is planning to release 80,000 sterilised male mosquitos per week to combat ...

Over four billion people are currently at risk from mosquito-borne infections, including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. It's ...

could cause some mosquito species to migrate south. "A mosquito like Aedes aegypti, which is a classic and primary dengue ...

Research from UC Santa Barbara reveals that disrupting the gene responsible for hearing in male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes ...

“We know that Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae can't develop at all without a microbiome, and our study shows two Asaia species ...

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair.

The "shocking" findings could help efforts to prevent the spread of diseases like dengue, yellow fever, and Zika.

Mosquito larvae grow faster if they're exposed to particular bacteria, according to a new study that could help global health programmes.

In their experiment, the researchers modified a genetic pathway that male mosquitoes use for hearing. The outcome was that these genetically modified males did not make any physical contact with ...

A team of researchers from the University of California says deafening male insects makes them unable to mate and reproduce.