On World Mosquito Day, here are some of the most dangerous ones.It's been more than 125 years since the role of mosquitoes as ...

Of the people who survive severe cases, half have long-term cognitive and physical effects. Health officials raise serious ...

To this day, insects smaller than a child’s thumbnail remain the most dangerous nonhuman animals on the planet. Start with their physical equipment, especially in the mosquitoes that are the ...

The female Anopheles mosquito may well be the most dangerous creature on Earth. When she lands on human skin, she sucks up blood through her needle-shaped mouth and injects saliva into the wound.

We caught up with Dr. Yvonne Linton to talk about what it’s like managing the Smithsonian’s almost 2 million mosquito specimens and trying to determine ones are most dangerous to people.

And yet, by any fair measure, we’re losing this fight. The mosquito remains the most dangerous nonhuman animal on Earth—and many scientists fear it may become even more prevalent and virulent ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. James H. Stone, Crisis Fleeting (Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, 1986), p. 256. 2. National ...