Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Soghigian, an associate professor in the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, says this is 'the ...

KAYSVILLE, Utah — While summer is the time of year when mosquitoes are out and about in local Utah communities, officials agree that they’re seeing more mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus than ...

The tick population has really exploded in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Entomologist Dr. Chad Gore tells the Big K Morning Show there are a number of reasons for this: “We’re starting to see additional ...

China’s Guangdong Province is battling its worst-ever chikungunya outbreak, with thousands of infections spreading across major cities and nearby regions. Transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, the disease ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- A Southeast Missouri State University biology professor says the mosquito population is exploding in flooded parts of the state, but they're not the kind that carry the ...

Mosquitoes are responsible for around 700,000 to 1 million human deaths worldwide every year, making the flying pests the deadliest insect on the planet. Their numbers are expected to rise as climate ...