View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. This study tells us that mosquitoes have . . . a very robust and redundant system, probably for detecting humans. — Laura Duvall, Columbia ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

Genetic alterations may help mosquitoes adjust to climate change, shifting the distribution of mosquito-borne disease in a warming planet. Sneha Khedkar is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She ...

Photo by Dale Parker, AquaTax Consulting. The Culex tarsalis mosquito is the primary vector of WNV to humans in the western US. Mosquitoes have long been considered a pest of concern in Wyoming but ...

Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood, thereby spreading diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Photo / Warren Buckland Genetically engineered mosquitoes with ...