Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus, evolved from the bird-biting form, Culex pipiens form pipiens, in subways and cellars in northern Europe over the past 200 years. It's been held up as ...

Every summer, as people gather outdoors, one question comes up again and again: Why do mosquitoes seem to bite some folks more than others? Scientists have long

The health department said it had widened surveillance and control work in areas where virus activity was detected.

A black mosquito with white stripes and a belly full of red blood sticks its proboscis into human skin. The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) biting human skin. Researchers at Zhejiang University have engineered a fungus to lure in the mosquitoes and ...

NEW HAVEN >> The risk of people contracting West Nile virus may be rising, as a mosquito species that is more likely to bite humans has been found to carry the disease, according to Philip Armstrong, medical entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural ...

Close up image of a female Culex Pipiens mosquito.The study investigated the origins of the Culex Pipiens form molestus and found that it originated more than 1,000 years ago, likely in Ancient Egypt, dispelling the myth that it evolved in the London ...