Using high-speed, high-resolution cameras, deep learning, and transgenic mosquitoes with fluorescent sperm, Dr. Houri-Zeevi and her colleagues discovered that the same three-step process leading to a ...

Some animals, from puffins and swans to prairie voles, are known to mate for life. For female mosquitoes, mating typically occurs once in their lifetime—lasting under 30 seconds—before the couple go ...

NEW YORK — Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method. The "toxic male ...

"Serves as an alert." New research reveals concerning change in mosquitoes' behavior: 'A strong preference' first appeared on ...

While mosquitoes will attack whoever is handiest, they prefer adults to children, women to men, and pregnant women most. (They find ovulating women more attractive than those menstruating.) Movement ...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus affecting millions of people each year, with symptoms ranging from flu-like illness to severe bleeding and organ failure. Scientists are now using Wolbachia, a ...

A female mosquito only gets one shot to get reproduction right: She mates just a single time in her entire life. With the stakes so high, it would make sense for these insects to be quite choosey when ...