Mosquito-borne illnesses remain a formidable challenge threatening millions of people each year with diseases such as malaria, dengue, zika and chikungunya. To develop a mosquito control strategy with ...

Under a microscope, the mosquito’s proboscis looks like a tiny, precision tool. Thin, flexible, and sharp, it slips through skin almost unnoticed to draw blood. To most people, it’s a nuisance. To ...

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) identified the larva as a new species and genus, naming it Cretosabethes primaevus. Unlike earlier fossil finds, which often feature ...