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Benton County Mosquito Control held its annual tire drive to keep old tires from turning into mosquito breeding spots as ...

Female mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other diseases are actually in charge during sex, according to a study that challenges the long-held view that they are passive participants. Leslie Vosshall ...

A female mosquito only gets one shot to get reproduction right: She mates just a single time in her entire life. With the stakes so high, it would make sense for these insects to be quite choosey when ...

"Female mosquitoes have to carefully manage energy and nutrients to produce eggs, and if that process is disrupted, ...

Pollution as a Breeding Ground Across sub-Saharan Africa, this cycle repeats daily. According to the World Health ...

Despite studies on mosquito mating going back to the 1950s, the role of the female in the process remained obscure. The speed of the process - the interactions that lead to mating take just one or two ...