Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

Nigeria’s fight against malaria may be entering a more dangerous phase as scientists reveal a new urban mosquito species and rising drug and insecticide resistance could reverse years of progress if ...

Humans influence the evolution of plants and animals. Sometimes actively, sometimes indirectly. The case of the Tube mosquito ...

"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources. They end up feeding more ...

As forests shrink and wildlife disappears, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to people for their blood meals, a shift that ...

Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study out of Brazil suggests that ...

And now a new study finds that when humans encroach on wild places, these insects may develop a special taste for human blood ...

As deforestation shrinks Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes that once fed on many animal species are increasingly turning to human blood.

Mosquitoes ’ thirst for human blood is rising, reveals new research. Scientists found that some of the blood-sucking insects ...

GREENFIELD, Wisconsin (WISN) -- A new mosquito species is showing up in Wisconsin, raising concerns about its potential impact. The Asian tiger mosquito, originally from Asia, was first discovered in ...