New collaborative research from Northwestern University and Lund University may have people heading to their backyard instead of the store at the outset of this year's mosquito season.
Plants & Animals
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You might not like mosquitoes, but they like you, says Utah State University biologist Norah Saarman. And where you lead, they will follow.
Ecology
Feb 22, 2021
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Male mosquitoes won't bite you. For one thing, they cannot—males are hopelessly bad at finding humans and lack a specialized stylet to pierce your skin. But even if they could bite you, they would not want to. They refuse ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2021
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Shallow pools of water on lawns are ideal breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus, the most common mosquito-borne disease in the United States.
Environment
Feb 17, 2021
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A common bacterial species naturally infecting mosquitoes may actually be protecting them against specific mosquito pesticides, a study has found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2021
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Biologists have found solid proof that among the insect tree of life, the relationship between the immune and circulatory systems is consistent. The discovery will help researchers understand how insects—including the relatively ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2020
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The human blood meal is a favorite recipe for female mosquitoes. So drawn to its taste, they can't help but bite—and in the process they spread diseases that claim 500,000 lives each year.
Plants & Animals
Oct 13, 2020
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University of Maryland entomologists discovered that a gene critical for survival in other insects is missing in mosquitos—the gene responsible for properly arranging the insects' segmented bodies. The researchers also ...
Evolution
Sep 30, 2020
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Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas impacted by human activities like pesticide use and habitat destruction, than they are areas less disturbed by humans, a recent Oregon State University study ...
Ecology
Sep 10, 2020
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Scientists have created the first cell atlas of mosquito immune cells, to understand how mosquitoes fight malaria and other infections. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Umeå University, Sweden and the National ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 27, 2020
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