The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned the public to take preventive measures against waterborne and mosquito-borne ...

3D model of the Anopheles mosquito, a subfamily of mosquitoes found on every inhabited continent. Around forty species of ...

When you think of Google, you likely think of search engines, smartphones, and artificial intelligence. You probably don’t ...

Here’s an itchy fact: Hungry female mosquitoes are often called “flying syringes.” This tiny tormentor has an exceptional sense of smell; after they sniff out a blood meal, they can triple their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But what if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection? In a groundbreaking proof-of-concept clinical trial, ...

A team at Portland State University is leading research on a new drug showing promise to treat one of the deadliest diseases ...

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 ...

A group of researchers is calling on colleagues around the world to join them in what they call "pathogen prospecting" by tracking down archival specimens of mosquitoes in museums and other ...

The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a ‘blood meal’, researchers say ...

After a Pierce County woman was diagnosed with malaria, Washington residents might be wondering about their risks of getting the deadly disease — and how to prevent the mosquitos that spread it. The ...

A Google initiative called Debug wants to release 64 million mosquitoes. The organization filed a request for a permit to ...

Under normal circumstances, a mosquito lives for just a few weeks, and in that time, its wings will carry it a few miles or ...