A mosquito finds its target with the help of certain cues in its environment, such as a person's silhouette and the carbon ...

Scientists fed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes blood laced with weakened rabies and Nipah viruses, then let those insects bite bats ...

Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa state experiments with a new weapon against an unprecedented malaria surge.

Yellow Jack. Saffron Scourge. When yellow fever shows up in the Americas, tens of thousands fall. It's a disease that once plagued coastal cities in the United States from New Orleans to Boston. New ...

NEW YORK -- A new study finds that some people really are "mosquito magnets" and it probably has to do with the way they smell. The researchers found that people who are most attractive to mosquitoes ...

Why do mosquitoes seem to single you out at picnics and after sunset? Science is starting to smell the answer, and it’s in your very skin.

NEW HAVEN >> The risk of people contracting West Nile virus may be rising, as a mosquito species that is more likely to bite humans has been found to carry the disease, according to Philip Armstrong, ...

The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program said Tuesday that mosquitoes trapped in the state have tested positive for West Nile virus. The Bridgeport results represent the first positive ...