Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Atlantic Forest on the eastern coast of South America is home to about 40 different mosquito species. Dr. Sérgio Lisboa ...

Mosquitoes’ thirst for human blood is rising, reveals new research. Scientists found that some of the blood-sucking insects really are targeting humans more than other food sources. They say the ...

The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is needed. Reading time 4 minutes The mosquito scourge might somehow be even ...

Researchers who trapped mosquitoes in a region of the Brazilian rainforest found that they are turning to humans for sustenance as deforestation takes away the habitat of their animal hosts. Blood ...

The team calculated that the mosquitoes likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some 2.9 million to 1.6 million years ago. This overlaps with the same period in ...

The mosquito of greatest concern is widespread in Australia and closely associated with suburban areas. Commonly known as the Australian backyard mosquito, Aedes notoscriptus is a nuisance-biting pest ...