Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female ...

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There’s personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair.

It’s kind of hard to believe that scientists study the mating hormones of mosquitoes, but a new discovery in the field could lead to the potential prevention of the spread of malaria. Malaria is an ...

A high-pitched buzzing sound in your ear is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on the hunt - for they, not males, drink blood. Hearing that tone might make you turn to try to swat the ...

For public release at 11 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (8 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time) on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 A high-pitched buzzing sound in your ear is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on ...

The mosquito buzzing that you find annoying and disgusting is irresistible to a male mosquito. The mosquito buzzing that you find annoying and disgusting is irresistible to a male mosquito. He follows ...

Sterilized male Aedes mosquitoes — which don't bite — swarm around the face of vector ecologist Jennifer Castellon as they are released in the city of Rancho Cucamonga in April 2024. The goal was to ...

LEHIGH ACRES, Florida (WFTX) — Florida is home to many different species of mosquitoes, and the Lee County Mosquito Control District has a new way to lower the population of those insects we can’t ...

There's nothing quite as annoying as being forced to listen to loud music that you don't particularly enjoy. We will happily spend days at a music festival enjoying the music we love, but an hour of ...

Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the sound of a female’s wingbeats. Imagine researchers’ surprise when a single change ...