If you feel like you’re always getting swarmed by mosquitoes, maybe more than others, it’s not just bad luck. Mosquitoes make ...

Lead author and Tsinghua University microbiologist Gong Cheng tells The Scientist in a written statement that he and his colleagues wanted to understand how mosquito-vectored viruses spread given that ...

Or not. Mosquitoes can smell their dinner from an impressive distance of up to 50 meters. One of the things they're drawn to is carbon dioxide. So if you're a taller or larger person, or a ...

Sweat contains lactic acid, and ammonia, two scents that draw mosquitoes. Additionally, sweat gains a unique (to you) odor depending on the bacteria on your skin.. Your skin is naturally teeming ...

Omar Akbari, a cell and molecular biologist at the University of California, San Diego, who was not involved with the work, tells Scientific American that the study could help with formulating ...

They are also drawn to higher amounts of carbon dioxide in the air. 'This is supposed to be how mosquitoes usually find us,' Miki said. 'The bigger you are, the more carbon dioxide you are ...

There are thousands of species of mosquitoes, but a distinguishing characteristic is that the female possesses a tube-like mouthpart, called a proboscis, which pierces the skin of the host to draw ...

Warm temperatures, humidity, and standing water create the perfect environment for mosquitoes to breed, especially in the spring. And with more rain on the way, we need to be ready for them!

The walls are covered with drawings of mosquitoes. Mosquito books line the shelves. Hanging next to his desk is a banner with renderings of one particular species—Aedes aegypti—in every stage ...

While crane flies might not reduce the mosquito population, they do serve as a critical food source for frogs, swallows, armadillos and other insectivores. The insects are drawn to light ...