Culex mosquitoes are distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate regions, with the exception of extreme northern latitudes. They feed at night on humans and animals and are found indoors and ...

When an infected female Anopheles mosquito feeds on a person, it injects saliva into the skin, along with the Plasmodium parasite in a form called a sporozoite. These sporozoites migrate to the ...

Story continues below video Science News sponsorship position. Malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes are known for their ability to sneak away from a victim after a meal. Now researchers have ...

The parasite, plasmodium, is transmitted by mosquitoes, specifically female Anopheles mosquitoes. The female Anopheles mosquito needs a blood meal to reproduce. If the mosquito bites someone with ...

I’ve worked with Anopheles mosquitoes for most of my career. The group has been well-known for at least 100 years, but we’re still able to find new species and new vectors of malaria across ...

Scientists are exploring new ways to combat malaria, a deadly disease spread through mosquito bites. A recent study shows ...

The female Anopheles mosquito may well be the most dangerous creature on Earth. When she lands on human skin, she sucks up blood through her needle-shaped mouth and injects saliva into the wound.

Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these ...