ARVIN, Calif. (KERO) — Since Arvin and Lamont are agricultural-based communities, Kern County Mosquito and Vector Control District says they're at higher risk of developing more mosquito breeding ...

As carriers for diseases like dengue and Zika, mosquitoes kill more than 1 million people each year and sicken hundreds of millions more. But a better understanding of mosquito reproduction can help ...

Recent rainfall across the Coastal Bend has helped lawns recover, but it has also created ideal breeding conditions for ...

Scientists have looked for immune system factors that might help mosquitoes ward off pathogens such as malarial parasites and indirectly protect humans from infection. Yale researchers found one by ...

Up to 40 percent of the world’s population now lives in areas where Dengue virus-transmitting mosquitoes coexist with humans. Moreover, the Zika virus, also transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, ...

We’re in the midst of severe drought, yet it’s more common than ever to get a mosquito bite in California. People can be heard lamenting that the Golden State is turning into humid Florida. What we ...

FILE - This 2003 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes albopictus mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host. After last weekend’s showers and a ...