"With fewer natural options available, mosquitoes are forced to seek new, alternative blood sources. They end up feeding more ...

As forests shrink and wildlife disappears, mosquitoes are increasingly turning to people for their blood meals.

Mosquitoes are biting humans more often as biodiversity loss leaves them with fewer animals to feed on, according to new ...

Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study out of Brazil suggests that ...

A Brazilian study finds mosquitoes in fragmented Atlantic Forest habitats are feeding more on humans as biodiversity declines ...

As deforestation shrinks Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes that once fed on many animal species are increasingly turning to human blood.

Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

A new study finds mosquitoes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest are increasingly feeding on humans as deforestation reduces wildlife ...

The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is needed. Reading time 4 minutes The mosquito scourge might somehow be even ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel ...

In a landmark global study, scientists have uncovered far greater diversity and flexibility in mosquito feeding patterns than previously thought, challenging long-held assumptions about how the ...

Does anyone have warm, positive feelings toward mosquitoes? Probably not. I think most people would describe mosquitoes in frustration or a mild fit of rage, possibly accompanied by a few expletives.