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Mosquitoes

Upsala, Ontario

Mosquito Carrying A Man

A giant metal mosquito prepares to feast.

This Iowa Summer Camp Is Abuzz With Mosquitoes

But not in the way you're thinking.

Katherine R. Bruna May 27, 2024

St. Augustine, Florida

Disease Vector Education Center

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

The adze has become a scapegoat for a wide range of misfortunes.

In West Africa, the Adze Is an Insectoid Source of Misfortune

Historians believe it originated with the fear of mosquito-borne illness.

Emma Starer Gross October 26, 2020

Scoria cone in the Waw an Namus caldera.

Waw an Namus

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.

Welcome to the MosquitoSphere.

Inside Burkina Faso’s Mosquito Dome, Where Venomous Fungus Is Put to the Test

An innovative research center dedicated to blood, biting, and beating back malaria.

Sabrina Imbler June 14, 2019

The <em>Anopheles</em> mosquito, the main carrier of malaria.

How Algeria and Argentina Became Officially Malaria-Free

Public health officials hope the success can be replicated.

Evan Nicole Brown May 30, 2019

<em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquitoes can transmit disease.

How to Mail Mosquitoes

It involves a syringe.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 7, 2018

This sticky residue is used by Belizeans as an adhesive, and is often compared to glue.

Cojones de Caballo

Belizeans use this bulbous fruit to kill mosquito-borne parasites.

This cow was the bait for the decoy, but was kept at a distance from the trap.

To Build a Better Mosquito Trap, First Put a Cow in a Tent

Then pipe its scent to a warm decoy.

Samir S. Patel October 15, 2018

Gallinippers make for pesky neighbors.

Billions of Mosquitoes Are Having a Post-Hurricane Field Day in North Carolina

One resident compared the swarms to snow flurries.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 1, 2018

Colorful birdhouses fill the woods.

South Hero, Vermont

Birdhouse Forest

Driftwood dinosaurs lurk within trees covered in a rainbow array of avian abodes.

Ronald Ross Memorial

Ronald Ross Memorial

A monument to the British doctor who connected mosquitoes to malaria.

The competition has just started and the competitors are off!

Övertorneå N, Sweden

The Unofficial Mosquito-Catching World Championship

A Swedish town came up with an out-of-the-box way to eliminate the bloodthirsty insects.

Dinner for an <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito.

A Fungus Is the Newest Weapon in the War on Mosquitoes

It's armed with spider and scorpion neurotoxins—but it only affects bloodsuckers.

Kelsey Kennedy June 14, 2017

While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons

Most of the Western hemisphere was trying to eliminate Aedes aegypti. Why not the U.S.?

Sarah Laskow June 22, 2016

Teti'aroa Atoll

French Polynesia

Teti'aroa Atoll

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Video Wonder: Watch a Mosquito Suckle on a Vein

Tao Tao Holmes February 5, 2016