A close up of a mosquito on human skin ... you're going to be the one at the picnic getting all the bites," said study author Leslie Vosshall, a neurobiologist at Rockefeller University in ...

In previous work, the same lab identified a peptide that binds to mosquito epithelia. An excess of peptide can swamp out parasite–epithelial interactions, thus preventing the parasite from ...

“Mosquitoes have excellent vision, but they fly close to the ground to stay out ... “You can run a fan to keep air moving.” If you do end up with a bite, you may or may not be bothered.

Up to 30 percent of mosquito bites with the potential to deliver malaria occur indoors during the day when typical control strategies aren’t used, research published yesterday (May 16) in PNAS finds.

Proper precautions can help people avoid contracting serious illness from mosquitoes By AMBER THOMPSON Staff Writer Why do mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears? While a children’s book has ...

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

As mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue fever spread across the world, researchers say that a key strategy to prevent these illnesses may be dissuading the insects from biting their ...

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...