Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the sound of a female's wingbeats. Imagine researchers' surprise when a single change ...

A new study by Macquarie University researchers has suggested that the toxic male technique could be used to address the prevalence of mosquito-borne illness. The scientists, which genetically ...

On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, the sharp, whining buzz of a mosquito shatters ... and fertility in their female mates. 7 This physiological response is caused by seminal fluid ...

The "toxic male technique" involves breeding mosquitoes with venomous proteins in their semen, which kill females after mating. It is to be noted that only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood ...