If Mosquitoes Love You, Maybe Switch Soaps
Mosquitoes really do like some people more than others. Some of the features that make you a mosquito magnet aren’t ones you can easily alter—your body size, for example, or…
What to Know About the Deadly Mosquito-Borne Disease Showing Up in Arizona
Photo: Thammanoon Khamchalee (Shutterstock) An Arizona resident recently contracted the mosquito-borne disease known as dengue, and the dengue virus has been detected in mosquitoes in the area. Dengue, normally associated…
Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water
By Michael Marshall The Aedes aegypti mosquito evolved to bite humans because we live near waterBSIP SA / Alamy Mosquitoes evolved to bite humans if they lived in places with…