Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

Engineered microbes may find use in living, long-term mosquito repellent By Ben Coxworth July 30, 2024 Unlike their natural counterparts, two types of genetically engineered skin bacteria don't ...

Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University and Drexel University have developed an innovative manufacturing technique that allows the proboscises, or ...

If you feel like you’re the victim of itchy mosquito bites more often than others, it may not be all in your head. Mosquitoes primarily rely on carbon dioxide to locate their targets, Swiger said.

Scientists from the A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) have uncovered a surprising mechanism showing how mosquito saliva can alter the human body's immune response during chikungunya virus ...

This week, a New Hampshire man died of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but extremely serious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus. Human cases of EEE have also been reported in Wisconsin ...

Michigan State University will host the first Excellence in Insect Science Symposium May 16-17. More than one hundred insect experts are expected to attend from some thirty U.S. states and several ...

WASHINGTON — Spring has officially sprung in the District, and with the cherry blossoms come some far less welcome guests: mosquitoes. These tiny vampires are back in action and things could get ...

MARSHALL, Texas - If you feel like you’re the victim of itchy mosquito bites more often than others, it may not be all in your head. Sonja Swiger, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...