Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

Scientists have created the world’s first mosquito cell map, revealing how these insects spread diseases like dengue and Zika.

A "nuisance" is probably one of the nicest things people call mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have been called the deadliest animal on the planet, because of the diseases they spread. So why would researchers ...

Confocal image of a male mosquito antenna, used to validate a unique chemoreceptor co-expression pattern identified in the ...

The WHO’s 2025 booklet “Dengue Case Management for Primary Health Care and Home-Based Care” provides clear, evidence-based ...

Female Aedes mosquitoes signal that copulation can proceed by subtly extending their genitalia. Female mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other diseases are actually in charge during sex, according ...

Climate change and human-made shelters have created survivable habitat for the cold-adapted mosquito species Culiseta annulata.