mosquitoes

The Centenary University professor studies the far-reaching effects of changes in the gut bacteria of mosquitos and other species.

Aedes scapularis is already established on the peninsula, and researchers predict that its population will continue to spread.

In both Drosophila and mosquitoes, protection lasts for generations following a single maternal exposure to positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses.

A study explains how Zika was present among mosquitoes in Africa for decades without causing the harm to human health seen outside the continent in recent years.

Cases of dengue were greatly reduced in areas of a city where Wolbachia-infected mosquitos were released, according to preliminary data from a field study.

There have been no reports of health or environmental harm in other locations where genetically modified mosquitoes have been introduced over the last decade.

Unable to travel to international or remote sites, some researchers are losing critical data.

The intersection between water, air, and insects’ intricately decorated surfaces turn out to be the key to explain why droplets bounce so quickly off of them.

Aedes aegypti infected with Wolbachia—which inhibit transmission of the dengue virus from insect to human—were deployed in Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, and Australia.

The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

Carbon dioxide pumped into a bright chamber mimics a breathing host for the pest to target.

Researchers use two techniques—Wolbachia infection and irradiation—to suppress reproduction in populations of Asian tiger mosquitoes at two study sites in China.

Researchers can now track the expansion of a resistance mechanism that allows the malaria vector Anopholes funestus to detoxify a key insecticide used on bed nets.

The Duke University professor studies the parasite to find a way to thwart infection before it takes hold.

The parasite that causes malaria has evolved to evade many of the drugs that researchers have developed to fight the tropical disease.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

From 500-million-year-old fat to a newly discovered virus, here are some stunners from The Scientist in 2018.

United Nations members agree to some restrictions on the technology, but not a total suspension of its use.

Animals’ tails swat away insects using both wind and whack.

Results of a study suggest that toxicologists should look further than exposed individuals for contaminant effects.