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Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

Mosquitoes that carry Zika and dengue may have developed their taste for our blood as a way to cope with long dry seasons, since human activity often creates standing water

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People are using mosquito nets for fishing – and it works too well

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Mosquitoes may have killed half the people who ever lived

Culture

Mosquitoes

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Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

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Dead mosquito

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How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?

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mosquito larvae

Environment

Mosquitoes are eating plastic and spreading it to new food chains

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Technology

App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

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Climate change will kill millions but you knew that already

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Zika

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Warmer weather could bring fresh Zika misery

Zika may have gone quiet during the winter, but as mosquito season approaches it looks like it could spread further and have longer term health effects than we thought

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Life

GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

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Life

Bees die needlessly as Zika prompts US state to spray pesticide

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US plan to fend off Zika with sterile mosquitoes faces catch-22

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Life

First evidence that GM mosquitoes reduce disease

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