New resources expand education on potential risks. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released two new fact sheets on New World screwworm to help Texans prepare for the ...

The mosquito of greatest concern is widespread in Australia and closely associated with suburban areas. Commonly known as the Australian backyard mosquito, Aedes notoscriptus is a nuisance-biting pest ...

Mosquitoes typically spread disease, rather than prevent it, but Chinese scientists have proposed using the insects as an unlikely vector to deliver vaccines to bats.

Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola and coronaviruses. These pathogens can spread to humans ...

Mosquito management and bite prevention are key to limiting people’s exposure to West Nile Virus COLUMBIA, S.C. — Residents ...

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is out today on PC. It's another licensed retro first-person shooter from Auroch Digital, ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

A complex suite of factors go into whether a mosquito chooses to bite you or the person next to you. Many people point to the idea that it comes down to blood type, but the science is more complicated ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

New research found that mosquitoes are becoming increasingly attracted to humans, and scientists say that we, the humans, are to blame for this. The research, published in Frontiers in Ecology and ...

Published in Nature Communications, the groundbreaking study reveals mosquitoes use a specific sensory receptor to detect – and avoid – borneol, a naturally occurring organic compound found in several ...