When it comes to summertime pests, mosquitoes are public enemy number one. But why do mosquitoes bite us? Why do their bites ...

To lower nuisance populations and reduce disease transmission, the district has a new project that sterilizes small male ...

Ava scratched a mosquito bite after being bitten at her campsite. (Representative pic) A 9-year-old Australian girl was temporarily unable to walk and hospitalised for days after she scratched an ...

OC Vector hopes that by utilizing a sterile insect technique that the sterilized males will outcompete the non-sterilized ...

After a mosquito bite led to a severe infection, a nine-year-old girl from Australia spent days in the hospital A mosquito bite can be the most harmless thing when outdoors, but for one Australian ...

Mosquito season has arrived in Southern California. That means more mosquitoes will be flying around looking for someone to ...

Male horseflies do not bite but instead ... red symmetrical weal Pinkish or red discoloration on the surrounding skin (usually a larger area than that of a mosquito bite) Tenderness to the touch ...

They can then pair with females – whose bite transmits diseases among humans – and eventually reduce the overall mosquito population (see graphic). Dengue viruses are spread to people through ...

Male horseflies do not bite but instead ... on the surrounding skin (usually a larger area than that of a mosquito bite) ...

A seemingly harmless mosquito bite took a frightening turn for one Australian family. While such bites usually disappear within days, a simple scratch became a serious health scare for 9-year-old Ava, ...