Some mosquitoes have become increasingly reliant on human blood, new research shows – and it's probably our own fault. A ...

Deforestation has reduced the plants and animals on which mosquitoes feed.

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

Once mosquitoes acquire a new food source, they tend to develop a preference for that particular blood—and humans are one ...

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

Why Do Some People Get Bit by Mosquitoes , More Than Others?. 'Slate' reports that female mosquitoes are responsible for ...

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.

In the rapidly disappearing Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are adapting to a human-dominated landscape. Scientists found that ...

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

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.