It’s no secret that mosquitoes can be quite the nuisance across South Carolina. There are at least 61 different species of mosquitoes that exist in the Palmetto State, the South Carolina Department of ...

The team identified the DNA of 86 different animals, representing around 80 percent of the vertebrate species that the caught ...

Randy Vaeth has been watching the plane take off a lot these days. As assistant director for East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control, he's one of the officials who decides when to ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel ...

WASHINGTON — Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger — naturally, not poisoned. Scientists have been racing to genetically ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Mosquitoes may prefer people with type O blood over other blood types.Wearing lighter colors such as white and green can make you less visible to ...

Malaria cases have skyrocketed in Djibouti in recent years. Rachel Schraer reports on a British company helping produce ...

The annual reprieve from the heat and pouring rains has arrived in Miami-Dade County, but that doesn't mean that mosquitoes ...

Scientists discovered that a subtle behavior by the female of the species dictates whether the quick-fire procreation process ...

Many people believe that natural oils, such as citronella or eucalyptus, are completely safe and effective as mosquito ...