This tiny spider uses city lights to become an efficient urban predatorA minuscule spider, Pikelinia floydmuraria, is revolutionizing predator behavior studies by hunting prey significantly larger than itself. ...
08 May, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
Why Your Bat House Might Not Fix Mosquitoes the Way You ThinkBat houses offer shelter for bats, a vital role in conservation efforts. While bats do eat insects, including mosquitoes, this is not a gua...
05 May, 2026, 06.33 PM IST
For the first time in history, mosquitoes spotted in frozen IcelandFor the first time in history, mosquitoes have been observed in Iceland, indicating a significant ecological transition. The Natural Scienc...
23 Oct, 2025, 07.01 PM IST
Wolbachia transinfection: Chinaās plan to mate lab mosquitoes with wild ones to tackle chikungunyaChina faces a chikungunya outbreak. Guangdong Province reports many new cases. Authorities implement mandatory blood tests. They also contr...
13 Aug, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
Fossils of 130-yr-million male mosquitoes found in LebanonThe two fossilized mosquitoes, both representing the same extinct species, are similar in size and appearance to modern mosquitoes, though ...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
This spooky season of Halloween, a look at 7 'creepy crawlies' that are absolutely crucial to Earth's ecosystemsTheir alien-looking bodies might seem like the stuff of nightmares, but the vast majority of invertebrate species are harmless.
31 Oct, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
Mosquito magnet or plain unaffected? Entomologist explains why some people attract more, some lessWhether or not you're a mosquito magnet, their bites feel just as itchy!
12 Sep, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Would you choose becoming invisible to mosquitoes as your one superpower, if you had the chance?For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing tool Crispr-Cas9 to render humans effectively invisible in the eyes of Aedes aegy...
18 Aug, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Humans too stung by mosquitoes to changeThat is why the day dedicated to them is always spent in denunciation, not praise.
22 Aug, 2019, 08.33 AM IST
This tech giant is gearing up to remove mosquitoes around the worldIt’s unclear what would happen if the world’s disease-causing mosquitoes were done away with.
30 Nov, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
Eliminating a species of mosquitoes that cause dengue is possible, but regulations come its wayDespite a decade, GBIT took long to get an approval for field trial in India given the government’s overtly cautious approach with GM techn...
05 Dec, 2017, 04.40 PM IST
- Google's machine-raised mosquitoes to shrink vector's numbers
San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) Google's parent company Alphabet and scientists in the US have teamed up to release 20 million machine-raised...
23 Jul, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
China-made mosquitoes to fight Zika virusThe team managed to lower the mosquito population by 90% last year using the same technique and helped containing dengue outbreak.
18 Feb, 2016, 03.01 PM IST
Genetically modified mosquitoes to help fight malariaThe mosquito species Anopheles gambiae is a major carrier of dangerous malaria parasites in sub-Saharan Africa.
08 Dec, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
A look at strategies adopted by other countries to combat dengueWHO, together with national and Cambodia authorities, is testing a long-lasting insecticide treated netting cover for household water stora...
18 Sep, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
Dengue is caused by four different strains of virusIt gets transmitted by female mosquito of genus Aedes. These domestic mosquitoes, thriving around human habitations, typically bite in dayl...
24 Nov, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
Mosquitoes evolved attraction to human odourSome of the female mosquitoes that spread dengue & yellow fever transitioned from animal-biting insects into deadly vectors of human diseas...
13 Nov, 2014, 05.03 PM IST