"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources," said co-author Sergio ...

Deforestation has reduced the plants and animals on which mosquitoes feed.

Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

W hat female mosquitoes choose to feed on has a bearing on human health, since they transmit pathogens from one host to ...

Mosquitoes ’ thirst for human blood is rising, reveals new research. Scientists found that some of the blood-sucking insects ...

Mosquitoes captured in the remnants of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil predominantly feasted on humans instead of other animals ...

Researchers working in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that mosquitoes captured deep inside nature reserves showed a striking ...

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

A drug that makes human blood lethal to mosquitoes also acts as a potent contact insecticide absorbed through the feet, providing a promising new approach to combating insecticide resistance.

The DC area has seen rain all week and we know with the mixture of rain and warm weather is a recipe for mosquitoes popping up in the masses. So our Verify team checked out a buzzing rumor about a ...