Mosquitoes are highly visual hunters when it comes to finding a human to bite. This means movement and dark clothing colors like black, navy and red can stand out to a mosquito. Research has shown that mosquitoes are more attracted to the color black, but there has been little additional research into why this is the case.

A cooler summer in Northern California may have kept mosquitoes out of sight and out of mind, but Placer County officials are warning: don't let your guard down.

China is experiencing an outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne infection, with thousands of cases reported in the south.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York city officials announced Friday that they plan to conduct a series of sprayings on Staten Island next week to address the mosquito population.

Mosquitos carrying two types of harmful viruses have been found in Vermont, health officials reported on July 25.

A city in China’s southern industrial hub has recorded more than 3,100 chikungunya cases so far this month, the country’s biggest outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus since it first emerged in the mainland nearly two decades ago.

Efforts to battle mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in Pennsylvania continue this week as the Bucks County Department of Health plans to spray multiple areas in Lower Makefield Township.

From the outside, the cavernous white building looks like any other factory. But step through the front door and the high pitched whine of insects signals that this is no ordinary assembly line: the new facility is producing mosquitoes.

Officials detected eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) Wednesday in a mosquito sample from Belchertown, the first time this year the deadly virus has been identified in Massachusetts. There were four human cases of EEE in Massachusetts last year, officials said. One man in New Hampshire died from the mosquito-borne disease.

These areas have been targeted for spraying due to high levels of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile virus.

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept the globe two decades ago, as new outbreaks linked to the Indian Ocean region spread to Europe and other continents.