A single female mosquito can lay several batches of eggs after each blood meal. So she’ll happily flit around for days, ...

Mosquito bites will usually go away on their own, but there are at-home remedies and drugstore creams to help. Here's how to get rid of itchy bites.

If you’re hiking in the woods, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to get bitten by a mosquito on the trail, but other times, it can seemingly feel like a mosquito bite just appears out of nowhere ...

Why do mosquitoes bite some people and not others? Mosquitoes are drawn to people wearing dark colors. Unfortunately, according to Caragata, there’s no simple answer to this question.

If you’ve ever been bitten by a mosquito, you know how frustrating their itchy bites can be. The more you scratch, the more they itch. Some experts break down why these bites itch so much and ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

Every June, it's the same: the mosquitoes arrive on my apartment deck between 6 and 7 PM, honing in on my sensitive skin and taking several bites. If I'm lucky, the bites are small enough to be a ...

Why do mosquito bites itch? When a female mosquito bites you and sucks your blood, it leaves behind saliva in your bloodstream. Your body reacts to this saliva secretion as an allergen, causing ...