While the old saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” in Kentucky this year, the heavy rains have caused significant flooding, which has also resulted in ...

MOSQUITOES feast on us for practical reasons. Only the females bite humans and they do it to get a ‘blood meal,’ deriving proteins from the blood to produce eggs. To help locate their prey, female ...

Namibia has recorded 56,130 malaria cases and 95 deaths since the beginning of the current malaria season in December 2024, ...

State Veterinarian Dr. Mike Martin recommends that equine owners talk to their veterinarians about an effective vaccination protocol to protect horses from mosquito-borne diseases. The combination ...

As the weather warms up, here is a timely warning for horse owners in southwest Idaho: Vaccinate your animals before it is ...

The life cycle of mosquitoes can go full cycle, from an egg to an adult, in as little as 10 days during warm months. So what can drive them away?

District vector control workers are closely monitoring the mosquito situation as saturated ground has led to standing water all over Texoma.

The Ada County Mosquito Abatement District traps and surveys up to thousands of mosquitos per day to monitor for the virus.

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is encouraging equine owners to have their animals vaccinated against Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis and West Nile Virus.

Mosquitos are drawn to people for a variety of reasons including blood type, odor and even the color of clothing you're ...

While early predictions have warned of a potential surge in mosquito numbers this summer, some are sounding the alarm on a different bloodsucker – ticks are back in business in parts of Minnesota.

Mosquitoes have been found as far north as Shetland, according to a citizen science project which studied the insects. Scientists at the University of Glasgow received more than 700 reports of ...