But for mosquitoes, it's much more simple. Mating occurs in midair for just a few seconds. All it takes to win over a male is the sound of a female's beating wings. So, scientists were stunned to ...

Instead of creating new types of pesticides or machines to eliminate the abundance of disease-carrying mosquitoes, a group of researchers from Australia have engineered 'Toxic Male' mosquitoes to ...

TMT involves genetically modifying male mosquitoes so that they produce toxic proteins in their sperm. When they mate with females, the latter experience a reduced lifespan, which decreases their ...

Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease ... On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, the sharp, whining buzz of a mosquito shatters the calm. These blood-sucking ...

The method involves using low-dose X-rays to render male mosquitoes unable to reproduce. Male mosquitoes don't bite and won’t have contact with people or spread disease.

Australian researchers have developed a method to genetically modify male mosquitoes to produce venom proteins, which are transferred to females during mating, shortening their lifespan and ...

The "toxic male technique" aims to breed mosquitoes that express venomous proteins in their semen, killing off females after mating. Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

I cannot say that I am a huge fan of cold weather, but if there is one positive, it is that there are no mosquitoes.

In the spring, CMCD plans to release approximately 650,000 sterile male mosquitoes across Golden Gate City. "It's important to note that male mosquitoes do not bite and cannot spread disease.