This story has been updated to correct the misspelled name of Lisa Couper. Warmer weather is lengthening the mosquito season in the United States, increasing populations of the pests and their ...

The mosquito is widely considered a major pest and nuisance since it has a voracious appetite and will often feed in the daylight as opposed to just dusk and dawn, he said.

Mosquitos love heat. And as summers get warmer, mosquito-borne illnesses are rising, in the U.S., Europe, and South and Central America. Here are some tips to protect yourself.

Mosquito bites are irritating at best and vectors for disease at worst. Depending on what country you are in, they can transmit malaria, dengue fever, West Nile, yellow fever and Zika, among other ...

Connecticut’s annual mosquito management program began on Monday to monitor the insects for the presence of viruses that can cause illness in people, including West Nile virus and eastern equine ...

Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

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And now an eight-foot tall bronze statue of a fierce looking Aedes aegypti stands watch at the entrance to the Disease Vector Education Center — a.k.a. the mosquito museum, the only one of its ...

Miami-Dade marks the unofficial beginning of mosquito season with a Wednesday event to help residents “Fight the Bite”, James Gathany AP As Miami-Dade marks the unofficial beginning of ...

To find the best mosquito repellents to keep the bugs and bites away this summer, we spoke to experts and tested bug-repellent sprays and lotions — both with and without DEET.

As the summer winds down, state and local officials are increasingly concerned about mosquito-borne disease in Massachusetts. Here's what to know and how to protect yourself.

To create a long-lasting mosquito repellent, scientists began looking for ways to address these attractors and turn them against the mosquitos instead. Image source: mycteria/Adobe.