As mosquito season ramps up, the University of Calgary and the city are calling on citizen scientists to help them study the ...

Calgary researchers are using 'citizen science' to help determine how an invasive species of mosquito, which is a carrier of the West Nile virus, can survive Alberta's winter.

This week’s copious rainfall was all that was needed to set the stage for the Twin Cities area’s mosquito population to explode, and the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) will spend the ...

Culex pipiens is known to transmit several diseases, including West Nile virus — which affects both humans and horses — and ...

Mosquitoes are back with a vengeance in Oklahoma after wet spring weather and rising temperatures created the perfect environment for the pesky insects.

It sinks under the water, all the way down to cattail roots, where the mosquito larvae start eating it. The insecticide, dropped from the air, contains a kind of hormone inhibitor. “When it ...

Climate variability, characterized by fluctuating weather patterns, impacts vector insect populations like mosquitoes and ticks. While rain provides breeding habitats for mosquitoes, excessive ...

Plus, you should watch out for moose, black bears and bobcats. The Culex mosquito can spread West Nile virus. Mosquitos are the deadliest animals in the world, killing over 725,000 people a year ...

Mosquitoes target a wide range of vertebrate species for blood meal and study of these vector-host interactions enhances our knowledge of how vector-borne viruses are transmitted. In the last decades, ...

Paul Hunter consults for the World Health Organization. He receives funding from National Institute for Health Research and has received funding from the World Health Organization and the European ...