The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study ...

Inside a massive factory in the industrial district of Curitiba, Brazil, millions of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are breeding in ...

Brazil has launched the world's largest biofactory for mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacterium, a natural method to ...

More than half a million people, the vast majority being children under the age of 5, die annually due to malaria, with ...

Ever wondered why mosquitoes seem to eat you alive while your companions don’t get a single bite? It’s not in your head – it ...

Under a microscope, the mosquito’s proboscis looks like a tiny, precision tool. Thin, flexible, and sharp, it slips through ...

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 ...

State Department advises enhanced precautions for travelers to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cuba and China's Guangdong Province ...

An insistent buzzing at sunset followed by itchy, spotted legs. Here in Denmark, mosquitoes are mostly an annoying—but generally harmless—nuisance. That is far from the case in many parts of the world ...

High-flying mosquitoes in West Africa are carriers of multiple pathogens, including West Nile virus, highlighting risks in ...

Ever wonder why pests keep showing up in your garden, even when you think you’ve done everything right? Sometimes, the ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus, and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of ...