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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

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Mosquitoes evolved to suck human blood when they couldn’t find water

Mosquitoes that carry Zika and dengue may have developed their taste for our blood as a way to cope with long dry seasons, since human activity often creates standing water

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A large net made from mosquito nets

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People are using mosquito nets for fishing – and it works too well

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Scare stories of mutant GM mosquitoes aren’t true, but have some truth

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Mosquitoes may have killed half the people who ever lived

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Mosquitoes

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Malaria drugs for mosquitoes could help prevent the disease in humans

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How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?

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Mosquitoes are eating plastic and spreading it to new food chains

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Technology

App can tell you if a mosquito is about to give you malaria

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Health

Climate change will kill millions but you knew that already

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Zika

Health

Warmer weather could bring fresh Zika misery

Zika may have gone quiet during the winter, but as mosquito season approaches it looks like it could spread further and have longer term health effects than we thought

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Life

GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

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Life

Bees die needlessly as Zika prompts US state to spray pesticide

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US plan to fend off Zika with sterile mosquitoes faces catch-22

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First evidence that GM mosquitoes reduce disease

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