Male mosquitoes have feathery and bushier antennas than females. The female antennas are usually plainer than that of the males. Furthermore, males have a larger Johnston’s organ in their ...

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

Mosquitoes have long been among humanity’s most formidable adversaries, plaguing us for thousands of years and causing more ...

Scientists are dumping thousands of mosquitos into Hawaii's forests, and they have a really good reason for it.

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.

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.

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 ...

Using genetic tools, researchers can edit the genetic makeup of mosquitoes and make the females infertile. In January, scientists in Australia said that they were able to alter male mosquitoes to ...

Male mosquitoes detect a wider range of sounds than females, including both female wingbeats and mixed-frequency distortion products, enabling them to locate mates in noisy environments.

In a bold conservation move, scientists in Hawaii are using drones to release lab-bred, non-biting male mosquitoes into ...