Starting to scratch? That’s because mosquito season is upon us. Mosquitoes are a big part of summer in the U.S., but they may be an even bigger concern this year. In June, the Centers for ...

“Mosquitoes perhaps are using . . . their ability to express more than one type of olfactory receptor at the same time to make sure that they can always find a host,” he says. The results “can help to ...

Mosquitoes can smell their dinner from an impressive ... you're producing more CO2. So that big guy who made out with my date at the party is more likely to get bitten. That's awesome.

In Harris County, mosquitoes are an ever-present part of life. Unlike in many other regions, these insects don’t disappear entirely, even during the cooler months. But while mosquitoes are a ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

The UNLV researcher warmed the blood and fed it to a colony of mosquitoes. The critters won’t be quite as voracious as normal because Oxborough didn’t have the chance to starve them ...