Here’s how to keep these biting pests away from your family. When you’re trying to enjoy your flower garden or tending your tomatoes, nothing’s more annoying than the constant whine of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes thrive in warm, wet conditions and bite mainly to gather blood for egg production—especially invasive species like the Asian tiger mosquito, which target humans. The most effective ...

Just like clockwork, when humidity and temperatures rise mosquitos appear. The best way to get rid of mosquitos in your house is to prevent them from ever getting inside. But unless you never open a ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — There’s an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And ...

Common insect bites can come from mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums. Experts outline key ways to figure out which insect bite you have. Treatment for these insect bites is the same: topical or oral ...

Summer is fast approaching, which means mosquito season is back in full swing. So how can you avoid being bitten, to bypass the annoying itching? We asked Dr Prasad Paradkar to share his top tips.

You may not be aware, but Aug. 20 is World Mosquito Day. It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female ...

Mosquito bites are irritating at best and vectors for disease at worst. Depending on what country you are in, they can ...

Man’s deadliest predator takes more than a million lives each year and is no bigger than your fingernail. To mark mosquito season, history professor Dr. Timothy Winegard sits down with Dr. Sanjay ...

“It's better to be safe than to take the risk this season that comes with mosquito bites,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said. There’s been a lot of attention on mosquito-borne illnesses in ...