Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these pests and distribute vaccines via mosquito bite. In human trials, these ...

It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans.

Female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites between humans. This particular female glows green due to a diet containing fluorescein, which appears green under ultraviolet light ...

Female offspring are targeted as only female Anopheles mosquitoes can spread malaria. Another solution is to use natural predators such as copepods, which are a type of crustation.

It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans.

The team revealed that when a male Anopheles coluzzii mosquito hears the sound of female-specific wingbeats, his eyes 'activate' and he visually scans the immediate vicinity for a potential mate.

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The vial was then placed in a cardboard box containing 28–32 female Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, and the researchers counted how many mosquitoes landed on the glass vial over the next two minutes.

Mosquitoes can barely see–but a male’s vision perks up when they hear a female A ‘mosquito flight simulator’ reveals a potential weakness in one species that carries malaria.

Scientists develop a fungus to combat malaria by targeting mosquito mating, offering a new approach to control mosquito-borne diseases.

Research reveals that male Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes use the sound of female wingbeats to activate their vision and locate mates in crowded swarms. This discovery could lead to innovative mosquito ...

At an infectious diseases laboratory in London, researchers are working in an insectarium filled with cages of mosquitos, specifically the female Anopheles species that transmits Plasmodium ...