Following a warm and wet summer, parts of Australia have seen mosquito numbers spike. But have you ever wondered why some people are mosquito magnets, while others go unbitten?| stories.uq.edu.au
All moving animals, including flies [1–3], sharks [4], and humans [5], experience a dynamic sensory landscape that is a function of both their trajectory through space and the distribution of stimuli in the environment. This is particularly apparent ...| pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anopheles stephensi is the key vector of malaria throughout the Indian subcontinent and Middle East and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of mosquito-parasite interactions. The type form of the species is responsible for the ...| pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It's a familiar scene for many of us. A warm summer evening, a gentle breeze and then the inevitable high-pitched whine of a mosquito buzzing near your ear. For some, this is a fleeting annoyance, but for others, it means a night of endlessly scratching itchy welts. Some people are simply mosquito magnets while others emerge relatively unscathed. But why is this so? One explanation, according to scientists from the Netherlands, is beer.| phys.org
Biology| New Atlas
Biology| New Atlas
