Male vs. Female Mosquitoes: Lifespan. Both female and male mosquitoes have pretty much the same lifecycle from egg to the pupae stage. However, once they become adults, the females generally live ...

A team from the University of California studied Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which annually infect approximately 400 million people. Researchers made male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes deaf so that it ...

For male mosquitoes–who do not bite–the high-pitched buzzing of females is siren call that signals it is time to mate. However, there is even more to that signal than scientists first realized.

Since mosquitoes carry malaria, prevention has long focused on preventing mosquito bites, such as with nets, and controlling mosquito populations with insecticides and other measures. Researchers are ...

I tested the popular 'bucket of boom' mosquito trap to see if it actually reduces mosquito populations. Plus, a garden expert ...

The lab-raised, non-biting male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malaria ...

Releases of sterile male mosquitoes in L.A. County drove down the pest population, studies found. But homeowners would need to pay to bring them to a wider area.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Your Ear. Season 12 Episode 5 | 4m 36s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The mosquito buzzing that you find annoying and disgusting is irresistible to a male mosquito.

For the first time, thousands of live mosquitoes are being released in a Sacramento neighborhood to help prevent disease.

A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube mouth – is not able to pierce skin, unlike a female mosquito’s proboscis. But that might not be the only reason they drink blood.

For more than a year now, a group of environmental organizations have been dropping biodegradable containers of mosquitoes ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes are created in a lab to stop the spread of certain diseases. Learn more about how they’re made, what they’re used for, and whether they might pose health risks ...