Few pests can ruin a lovely outing like the mosquito and its itchy bites. While the itchiness and redness generally only last about three to four days, the annoyance and frustration of dealing ...

Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these ...

Yale researchers have discovered how taste influences mosquitoes’ biting behavior. This finding could lead to new strategies ...

Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

Read more: Feel like you're a mozzie magnet? It's true – mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others Once the mosquito has made its way to your skin, things get a little gross. The ...

Meanwhile, Types B and AB weren't a big influence. It's not clear why mosquitos would demonstrate this preference, though. It's hard to suss out the answer to the question: why do mosquitoes bite ...

Then comes the itchiness. Some people do suffer severe reactions to mosquito bites. It's a condition often referred to as "skeeter syndrome" and is an allergic reaction caused by the protein in ...

An entomologist who liaised with the council over a spike in insect bites in Ballykelly believes they are being caused by banded mosquitoes, Culiseta annulata Mosquitoes are probably behind a ...

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...