"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources," said co-author Sergio ...

Mosquitoes transmit diseases like dengue, Zika, and malaria, making this shift a significant public health concern.

In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that ...

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

A Brazilian study finds mosquitoes in fragmented Atlantic Forest habitats are feeding more on humans as biodiversity declines ...

A new study finds mosquitoes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest are increasingly feeding on humans as deforestation reduces wildlife ...

Deforestation has reduced the plants and animals on which mosquitoes feed.

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

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

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