As habitats and hosts keep vanishing, the bloodsuckers are turning to us for a free meal.

As deforestation shrinks Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes that once fed on many animal species are increasingly turning to human blood.

A Brazilian study finds mosquitoes in fragmented Atlantic Forest habitats are feeding more on humans as biodiversity declines ...

Deforestation has reduced the plants and animals on which mosquitoes feed.

Researchers working in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that mosquitoes captured deep inside nature reserves showed a striking ...

Mosquitoes appear to be acquiring a stronger taste for human blood, out of necessity. A new study out of Brazil suggests that ...

Stretching along the Brazilian coastline, the Atlantic Forest is home to hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, ...

A new study finds mosquitoes in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest are increasingly feeding on humans as deforestation reduces wildlife ...

We've all seen horror movies about some of nature’s most terrifying predators. Sharks are a great example and millions of us grew up petrified of them courtesy of Jaws. Films very rarely focus on one ...

An overabundance of a wetland plant is wreaking havoc at a freshwater marsh pond in northern San Rafael. The dense vegetation in the 20-acre pond managed by the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District ...

On a rainy day in mid-April, a mosquito fighter named Quinten Salt was checking in on his fish, making sure the special weapons were maturing as expected. Salt and his team rear western mosquitofish ...