Mosquitoes are tiny insects less than half an inch long, yet they are responsible for the deaths of almost three-quarters of a million people each year, Mason Crouthamel said. Crouthamel is ...

About a decade ago, a new kind of mosquito began showing up in African cities. Native to Asia, Anopheles stephensi prefers crowded urban environments over rural ones. That spelled trouble: These ...

A mosquito bite is little more than a minor irritation in places like Denmark. But in large parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, that same buzzing threat is deadly. Malaria already kills ...

An overabundance of a wetland plant is wreaking havoc at a freshwater marsh pond in northern San Rafael. The dense vegetation in the 20-acre pond managed by the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District ...

AMES, Iowa – Recent flooding throughout the state might give mosquito populations a boost. But, then again, it might not. Mosquitoes lay their eggs in water and spend the first stages of their ...

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