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 ...

The findings might overturn a widely held belief that only females pose a disease risk to people, though more research is needed. Reading time 4 minutes The mosquito scourge might somehow be even ...

Some mosquito species, like the Culiseta Inornata, are more active during colder winter months. Not all mosquitoes hibernate. Some species can become active during winter if there are several warm ...

Jurassic Park—and its never-ending sequels and spinoffs—starts with a basic premise: extracting the DNA of long-dead dinosaurs from mosquitoes frozen in amber. It turns out mosquitoes really are as ...

Nicholas Hoult and Daisy Edgar-Jones are teaming up with “The Great” and “Poor Things” scribe Tony McNamara for a new Disney+ comedy series titled “Mosquito.” Described as a “sardonic look at a young ...

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 ...

The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue, yellow fever, and Zika was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in ...

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 ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—It can carry life-threatening diseases. It’s difficult to find and hard to kill. And it’s obsessed with human blood. The Aedes aegypti is a species of mosquito that people like ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them. By Jason P. Dinh Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new ...

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💡 ...