However, as climate change allows Aedes aegypti to move northward, survive at higher elevations and stay active for longer ...

Their research looked at how beer, sunscreen, diet, and other factors correlate with mosquito attraction. The Anopheles mosquito searches for a human or other animal from which it can suck blood.

Despite these limitations, the study offers a fun and enlightening look at mosquito behavior and what might make people more or less susceptible to bites. The results suggest that if you don't want to ...

We don't fully understand why some people appear more attractive to mosquitoes – largely because it's complicated, a tangled web of physiological factors, geography and species. But a new study has ...

For three hot days in August 2023, at one of the biggest music festivals in the Netherlands, a line of people snaked outside the entrance of four welded-together shipping containers. But they weren’t ...

The Mosquito Magnet Trial got personal. By Andrew Paul Published Sep 9, 2025 2:35 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For as long as I can remember, I have been prone to large, itchy, irritating mosquito bites. My husband ...

Researchers in the Netherlands took mosquitoes to a music festival to learn why some people get bitten more than others. They discovered that mosquitoes have a particular preference for the blood of ...

Mosquitoes can certainly ruin a cookout, pool party, or summer soiree fast, but they’re not equal-opportunity annoyances: Some folks bear the brunt of the biting and buzzing, while others remain ...

If you’re finding yourself having to lather up with more bug spray to help fight off mosquitoes than usual this year, you are not alone. As hikers stepped out of their cars at La Crosse’s Lower Hixon ...