Tag: mosquito

Not the kindest thing to do, probably, but it's still a cool idea.

This safe, non-chemical intervention gives hope that the brutal dengue may be soon eradicated.

Aggressive tiger mosquitoes capable of spreading debilitating tropical diseases such as dengue and Zika are spreading through Europe, but scientists ...

Send some my way too, please!

Dry climate and urbanization prompted the first mosquitoes to increasingly bite humans -- and things aren't looking too well for ...

As far as mosquitoes go, fewer ladies is ideal.

Researchers found a microbe in Kenya that protects mosquitoes against malaria.

But we now know how to stop it.

An aggressive strain of drug-resistant malaria that originated in Cambodia has rapidly spread into neighboring countries.

They track the CO2 you breathe out.

In short: mosquitoes like you more because you're easier to find on their 'radar'.

A genetically modified organism could help mankind eradicate malaria.

The two countries join many others who have recently eliminated malaria from within their borders.

Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that causes flu-like symptoms but can be lethal and kill up to 20% of those ...

Improvise, adapt, eliminate.

Ultimately, what the mosquito eats, we eat as well.

There's no need to panic, no human cases have yet been reported.

Guess what: one more reason to hate mosquitoes.

Sneaky, sneaky plasmodium.

A drug developed in the 1980s to fight parasites can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes when taken in a ...