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Ouch… No, scratch that. Not all of the many, many mosquito bites you’ve suffered this summer – those bites that, weirdly, are mostly around your ankles – are ...

Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study. The finding offers potential new ways to control the spread of ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, one of the most common species in the U.S., love ...

"That’s their blood meal." Experts issue warning as disease-carrying insects appear in new US regions: 'They are locked into ...

Horror movies like "Jaws" "Anaconda" and "The Birds" became cult classics with the ability to show how scary animals can be when around humans. And while those larger animals can stir fear in the real ...

County vector control personnel informed Graham Jenkins and his wife late last month that the itchy bites on their ankles were the work of an insidious mosquito that had invaded their Gardena home — ...

Dengue, once thought to be confined to the monsoon season, now continues to pose a significant health threat throughout the ...

Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study publishing October 24 th in the open access journal PLOS Biology ...