A scourge of mosquitoes has been terrorizing residents of El Segundo for the past two months — and the situation is only getting worse. Residents say they are covered in bites and welts despite trying ...

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel Universities have discovered that mosquito stingers might one day be used for ...

In order to 3D-print really intricate items, you need a really fine print nozzle. Scientists have discovered that instead of going to the time and trouble of building one, you can simply repurpose a ...

Jenny Carlson Donnelly traveled to malaria-affected countries to test mosquitoes and save lives. Then she lost her job at U.S.A.I.D. Credit...Cheriss May for The New York Times Supported by Lost ...

Necrobotics is a field of engineering that builds robots out of a mix of synthetic materials and animal body parts. It has produced micro-grippers with pneumatically operated legs taken from dead ...

Twenty-one children are among 33 people who have died in Cuba of the mosquito-borne chikungunya and dengue viruses since July, authorities said Monday. Most of the deaths were attributed to ...

A severed mosquito proboscis can be turned into an extremely fine nozzle for 3D printing, and this could help create replacement tissues and organs for transplants. Changhong Cao at McGill University ...

A woman in Long Island recently fell ill with a mosquito-borne virus rarely seen in the United States. She had not traveled abroad. The virus, called chikungunya, causes fever and extreme joint pain.

Every time you step outside, you pick up two or three bites. You’re swatting miniature pests left and right, and it seems like something is always buzzing in your ear. No, you’re not crazy. The ...

The power of flowers and fungi is no match for these insects. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 31, 2025 1:33 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

If you want to live somewhere without mosquitoes, you’re running out of options. One of the world’s last remaining mosquito-free zones has been infiltrated by the bloodsuckers. Three specimens of ...

In amber some 99 million years old, LMU researchers have discovered the oldest known mosquito larva. The Cretaceous fossil comes from the Kachin region in Myanmar and was preserved in excellent ...