The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As summer kicks into full swing, so does mosquito season — and the recent rain is bringing them out more than usual. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Female mosquitoes need to drink blood of some kind in order to lay eggs. Male mosquitoes, which do not lay eggs, subsist primarily on nectar. A male mosquito’s proboscis – its elongated feeding-tube ...

Male mosquitoes may be nearly as bloodthirsty as females under certain conditions, new research suggests. That upends the notion that only female mosquitoes bite, drink blood and spread diseases while ...

The DC area has seen rain all week and we know with the mixture of rain and warm weather is a recipe for mosquitoes popping up in the masses. So our Verify team checked out a buzzing rumor about a ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - If anyone feels like a mosquito magnet when they're outdoors, it might be due to factors ranging from a person's body odor to their blood type. With new warnings about protecting ...

It may sound unusual that a little bug could be this deadly, but it’s true. Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, yellow ...

In a global study, scientists have uncovered far greater diversity and flexibility in mosquito feeding patterns than previously thought, challenging long-held assumptions about how the ...

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 ...

It's not just idle curiosity that's got scientists hunting down all the bloody details of a mosquito bite. Bites from these bugs are more dangerous to humans than those of any other animal; mosquitoes ...