Mosquitoes thrive in summer, but expert tips and treatments can help you keep them out of your backyard and protect your ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s lunchtime at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and a colony of sabethes cyaneus — also known as the paddle-legged beauty for its feathery appendages and ...

Understanding mosquito genetics for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika can lead to better control methods, reducing their spread around the world. Virginia Tech researchers have found a ...

Researchers have developed a new "color-coded" genetic method that makes it easy to distinguish male and female mosquitoes. This innovation can help solve a major bottleneck in mosquito control ...

"Female mosquitoes have to carefully manage energy and nutrients to produce eggs, and if that process is disrupted, ...

Researchers have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for control of mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides. Their study focused on the genetic basis ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female mosquitoes bite because they need nutrients from blood to develop eggs. That ...

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Scientists have quantified what draws mosquitoes to people—which could help make better, life-saving bug traps.

Franklin County will begin its annual mosquito surveillance and control efforts this week, county officials said. According ...

Tiger mosquitoes on France's Reunion Island are being driven back by a new method that releases sterilised males into the ...