With more cases of the Zika virus piling up in the U.S., the federal government wants to kill more mosquitoes that spread the virus. But the mosquito that spreads Zika is one tough critter. The Obama ...

Look forward to bugs dying in cold weather? What we know about why some big mosquitoes could still bite you this winter, even ...

Researchers in Brazil announced Thursday the "presence of the Zika virus" in Culex mosquitoes (the common house mosquito) in the eastern city of Recife. The findings were released with a word of ...

Sterilized male Aedes mosquitoes — which don't bite — swarm around the face of vector ecologist Jennifer Castellon as they are released in the city of Rancho Cucamonga in April 2024. The goal was to ...

In 2024, "sloth fever" hit the news cycle as a new public health threat: The virus was found in people who'd recently ...

If you’ve walked around outside in South Carolina in recent days, you’ve likely run into a few mosquitoes. The annoying insect is one of the scourges of the South — a cause of irritating, itchy bites ...

The waters from Wisconsin's historic flooding have receded, but the threat of potential health issues for residents has not, especially as mosquito populations across the state are likely to increase ...