Mosquitoes are tiny insects less than half an inch long, yet they are responsible for the deaths of almost three-quarters of a million people each year, Mason Crouthamel said. Crouthamel is ...

For many, the onset of summer means outdoor picnics, walks and time at the park, but a blood-sucking insect whose lifespan rarely lasts past two months often can put a bite in those plans. Kansas ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Regional Health District is urging people to protect themselves and their families from mosquitoes by reducing mosquito habitat. Mosquitoes can carry West Nile virus (WNV) ...

Less than a year after his lightning power grab, Syria’s president is capping his transformation from jihadist to global ...

People who live in the tropical areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reside have probably known for centuries, or even ...

AMES, Iowa – Recent flooding throughout the state might give mosquito populations a boost. But, then again, it might not. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in water and spend the first stages of their ...

Warmer weather brings with it many wonderful things like summer barbecues and a new gardening season, but it also harkens the rise of one of humanity's greatest foes: the mosquito. Mosquitoes are ...

Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by ...

An overabundance of a wetland plant is wreaking havoc at a freshwater marsh pond in northern San Rafael. The dense vegetation in the 20-acre pond managed by the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District ...