Mosquitoes and crane flies are often confused for one another because they look similar at first glance, and they live in ...

With all this summer rain, mosquitoes aren’t just buzzing, they are thriving. This is nothing new, but if you’re wondering ...

The system is set up to only strike targets flying under one meter per second. Mosquitoes fly, on average, 1 to 1.5 kilometers per hour — well below the device’s cutoff of 1 meter per second.

While we may still not have flying cars, robot butlers or food replicators actually in our possession, you can now order ...

Put the citronella down and try this modern mechanism for keeping those infernal summer bugs from biting.

A mosquito’s proboscis — the elongated part of its mouth it uses to bite humans — has two tubes. One tube is used for sucking blood from humans. The other injects saliva into the bite.

While males lack a strong proboscis to pierce skin, they do have bushy antennae which allows them to detect the pheromones released by female mosquitos. Beyond the peculiarities and interesting ...

They can extract blood using specialized mouthparts called proboscis which can pierce the host’s skin. Conversely, male ...

A batch of mosquitos trapped by Macon Mosquito Abatement District has tested positive for West Nile Virus. No human cases ...

Nebraska's first reported case of West Nile virus for the 2025 season was detected in the East Central District Health ...

Common garden snails and slugs could now be considered venomous, according to scientists. In a study that shakes up the ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift ...