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This week, a scientist in China made news across the internet for claiming to have caught the world's biggest mosquito with a wingspan of over 10 inches...

Cases of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria seem to be increasing in Australia. The bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans can bring about Buruli ulcers - non-healing sores that slowly grow bigger. The ulcers are already a...

Cases of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria seem to be increasing in Australia. The bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans can bring about Buruli ulcers, non-healing sores that slowly grow bigger. The ulcers are already a huge...

It’s time to pack your bags! For the past 18 months, travelers have been wary of visiting Brazil due to the mosquito-borne Zika virus - and for good reason...

If you're concerned about the Zika virus or simply keen to prevent pesky mosquito bites, you may not have to use DEET-filled sprays or citronella candles anymore...

The use of recycled materials is not only good for the environment. Sometimes, it is simply the best way to get a job done. Such is the case with the ovillanta mosquito traps, crafted from old tires and tested in Guatemala....

The use of recycled materials is not only good for the environment. Sometimes, it is simply the best way to get a job done. Such is the case with the ovillanta mosquito traps, crafted from old tires and tested in Guatemala....

Mosquitoes are a pain in the, well, wherever they get you. The little flying insects are known around the world as awful pests, but in some areas, they are feared for their potential to inject you with a disease that could...

  In an attempt to curb outbreaks of two devastating tropical diseases in the Florida Keys, the FDA is proposing the release of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into the area...

In Malaysia, a rare form of malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium knowlesi has leapfrogged other sources of the disease to cause 68 percent of the country's malaria cases in 2013...

When teams from around the world battle it out on the field for the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil, spectators and athletes alike will also have to contend with the specter of dengue fever...

Image via Shutterstock New Jersey residents may have made it through Cicadapocalypse 2013 unscathed, but now they're facing an even scarier foe - the Asian tiger mosquito...

Back in 2001, the University of Florida wrote one of those “science by press release” thingy’s in Eurekalert where they speculated that global warming would increase ranges, and thus the range of mosquito...

Back in 2001, the University of Florida wrote one of those “science by press release” thingy’s in Eurekalert where they speculated that global warming would increase ranges, and thus the range of mosquito...