mosquitos

Orange County is buzzing with higher levels of mosquito activity. County experts say the booming population came after Hurricane Ian.

Aedes scapularis mosquitoes are from the tropics and can carry yellow fever. Entomologist Lawrence Reeves recently identified them among mosquitoes he collected near Everglades National Park in 2019.

NPR was the only news organization allowed into the lab to witness the moment the releases began this year. The goal is to create a powerful new weapon in the fight against malaria.

It's the only repellent that drives mosquitoes away when they come in contact with it. A new study has a theory about why that is.

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. The finding could lead to new approaches for better repellents.

The insects were created, using CRISPR, to carry a powerful "gene drive." The mosquitoes could provide a potent weapon against malaria, but they raise fears about unpredictable environmental effects.

The sunlight coming through the picture window of Debbie Casey’s room at a nursing home in Daytona Beach falls on a message board covered with pictures...

Feeding mosquitoes artificial blood could help get them ready to go out in the world and stanch the flow of disease — and reduce the need for animal blood

As the rainy season returns — along with the disease-carrying mosquitoes that reproduce in standing water — the public is getting another chance to…

Mosquito season has officially arrived in Florida, although many would argue it never left.That perception may soon become reality, according to new…