Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill thousands of people per year. In 2023 alone, malaria killed over ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

A team of researchers has developed a floral-scented fungus that tricks mosquitoes into approaching and dying. The fungus emits longifolene, a natural scent that irresistibly draws them in. It’s ...

At this point in the year, we’re all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the birdsong, the chatter of children playing outside – and the persistent buzz of a ...

Working underground in a Biosafety Level 3 insectary in Tres Cantos, Madrid, researchers at the pharmaceutical giant GSK were frustrated. The mosquitoes they were using to study experimental medicines ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — With warmer weather back in the Coastal Bend, mosquito season is officially here — and city crews are already out trying to get ahead of the problem. Vector Control is treating ...

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile have already begun terrorizing New Jersey — two weeks earlier than last year, according to state data. As of June 7, the potentially fatal illness has been found in 10 ...