Mosquitoes are highly visual hunters when it comes to finding a human to bite. This means movement and dark clothing colors like black, navy and red can stand out to a mosquito. Research has shown ...

Of course, the best way to stop mosquito bites is to prevent them in the first place by using an effective insect repellent.

Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 ...

A Coloradan named James Martinez has been in the ICU for a week with West Nile virus after being bitten by a mosquito. His family is speaking out about what happened in hopes of warning others.

Indeed, studies have shown that mosquitoes land on people with Type O blood nearly twice as often as those with Type A blood.

Some mosquito bites can lead to West Nile virus or the Zika virus. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, the West Nile virus has been actively spreading through Louisiana since 2002. Family ...

The newly developed system uses CRISPR-Cas9 “scissors” and a guide RNA to make a genetic cut at a precise location within the mosquito’s genome. It then replaces the unwanted amino acid that transmits ...