Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources. They end up feeding more ...

Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

Mosquitoes are biting humans more often as biodiversity loss leaves them with fewer animals to feed on, according to new ...

Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study out of Brazil suggests that ...

As forests shrink and wildlife disappears, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to people for their blood meals, a shift that ...

Humans influence the evolution of plants and animals. Sometimes actively, sometimes indirectly. The case of the Tube mosquito ...

In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that ...

Nigeria’s fight against malaria may be entering a more dangerous phase as scientists reveal a new urban mosquito species and rising drug and insecticide resistance could reverse years of progress if ...