Mosquitoes find humans delicious. But aside from the discomfort of bites, the insects also carry disease. An expert offers ...

Female mosquitoes generally overwinter — or hide out in the cold winter months — and then emerge as soon as the weather is warm. The milder weather meant they were out in full force, Murray said.

At UBC’s Mosquito Lab, Ben Matthews can watch the birth of floodwater mosquitoes up close. ‘We submerge them in water, put them in a vacuum and then they will hatch, literally in front of eyes.

Since mosquitoes support animals further up the food chain, such as bats and some bird species that have been in decline, large numbers of these blood-thirsty insects are actually a good thing.

A large amount of rainfall in Edmonton is about to drive up the mosquito population. This, as the city begins a new approach to tackle pest control — one that scales back on an established ...

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept the globe two decades ago, as new ...