The mosquito, whose name comes from the Spanish for “small fly”, is a type of insect that belongs to the family Culicidae. There are thousands of species of mosquitoes, but a distinguishing ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

When the district retrieves a trap, it’ll divvy up captured mosquitoes by species into pools, which are then smashed up and tested for diseases. As of June 14, the district has submitted 1,553 ...

A new species of mosquito, which spreads malaria, has been discovered in the country. [File, Standard] There is a risk Kenya losing gains made in the fight against malaria after a new species of ...

Researchers say this approach could be used to reduce mosquito species linked with diseases like dengue fever and zika virus. Diseases passed to humans through mosquito bites could be reduced ...

Only a few mosquito species are vectors for the dengue virus. What is a vector? A vector is a vehicle that carries and transmits a disease to its host organism. Vectors include animals and ...

A new mosquito species unique to Sri Lanka has been discovered through research, according to entomologist Gayan Sri Kumarasinghe of the ...