Evarcha culicivora is an indirect vampire, a spider that drinks mammalian blood by preying on female mosquitoes that have previously fed off humans.

NEW PHILADELPHIA − Mosquito samples collected near Commercial Avenue SE and Goshen Hill Road SE tested positive for West Nile virus. The New Philadelphia City Health Department said in an announcement ...

Franklin County Public Health will spray for mosquitoes on Sept. 29 and 30 and Oct. 2 in areas where they were found infected with West Nile virus. Franklin County Public Health will again spray for ...

What is the world's deadliest animal? Last month, the CDC released an article calling the mosquito the world's deadliest animal, killing more people than any other creature in the world through a ...

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ...

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Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness. By Joseph Goldstein Health officials said they were investigating whether the ...

Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female mosquitoes bite because they need nutrients from blood to develop eggs. That ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This week's Beyond the Strand presentation debuted a first look at the Death Stranding anime set in Hideo Kojima's world of mass extinction events and ...

Kojima Productions has announced Death Stranding Moqusito (working title), an animated film project produced by ABC ANIMATION STUDIO. The film’s staff includes producer Hideo Kojima, director Hiroshi ...

The district first visually identified the species, then sent it in for DNA testing in order to confirm. A positive result confirmed the sample as Aedes aegypti on Sept. 17, 2025. Canyon County ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, SC. (WTOC) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health confirmed the first death caused by mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis in more than 20 years in South Carolina. An ...