A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, ...

Despite the constant presence of mosquitoes, the risk of disease transmission fluctuates throughout the year between high and low risk months.

“Mosquitoes are so unique because of their public health significance,” Standlee said. “We think about them as only disseminating disease or causing heartworm, but the males of the species ...

PHNOM PENH – Rising temperatures and an increase in standing water are the key factors contributing to the rapid growth and reproduction of common Culex mosquitoes. While these mosquitoes do not pose ...

UC postdoctoral researcher Christopher Holmes led a study examining how two species of mosquito ... coauthor Oluwaseun Ajayi said mosquitoes in the genus Culex, which are found around the world ...