Based on its nickname — "yellow fever mosquito" — it's not hard to gauge that Aedes aegypti is one of the most well-known and dangerous mosquito species in the world. This mosquito is ...

Lions, the king's of the jungle, are exceptionally dangerous apex predators. The imposing beasts dominate rural Africa and ...

When you think of the most dangerous creatures on Earth, you might picture big animals like sharks or lions, but the insect world is filled with tiny critters capable of causing serious harm.

and mosquitoes. For World Health Day today, the World Health Organization wanted to highlight that very real risk with a snappy slogan: "small bite, big threat." That's right: The most dangerous ...

Female mosquitoes require the nutrients (mainly vitamins) in blood to produce eggs. Mosquitoes feed primarily on vertebrates including humans and other mammals, as well as birds, reptiles, and others.

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 ...

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. Erin Malsbury The ...

Michiganders are strongly urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites following the suspected EEE case along with nine confirmed cases of West Nile Virus. EEE is one of the most dangerous ...