Mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue, Zika, and yellow fever, continue to pose a significant global health threat, ...

Mosquitoes have a taste for human blood, because our blood is "salty and sweet," according to newly published research. The study, published in the scientific journal Neuron, notes female mosquitoes ...

What does your blood taste like to a mosquito? Researchers recently discovered that the delectable flavor of human blood sends sensory neurons igniting like fireworks in a mosquito's syringe-like ...

Watch out for trick-or-skeeters this Halloween. US researchers might have discovered the real reason why mosquitoes crave our blood so much — because it tastes like candy to them. “We think the taste ...

Researcher Dale Greenwalt at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., has discovered that a 46 million-year-old fossilized mosquito in the Smithsonian’s collection is engorged with blood. The ...

“[The paper] shows that details of a blood sucking mosquito can be nicely preserved in a medium other than amber,” paleontologist George Poinar of Oregon State University, who was not involved in this ...

However, as climate change allows Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive at higher elevations and stay active for longer ...

Several studies have found that mosquitos may prefer to bite individuals with Type O blood over other blood types. However, it is important to note that a number of factors may influence the insect’s ...

When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the ...

Mosquito treatment company gives back to local communities with blood drive and donations Mosquito Joe, a leading mosquito control treatment company serving residential and commercial customers ...