A team of researchers from the University of California says deafening male insects makes them unable to mate and reproduce.

(Female mosquitoes are separated from the males before sterilization and not released. Only the females bite). Ultimately, ...

The "shocking" findings could help efforts to prevent the spread of diseases like dengue, yellow fever, and Zika.

yellow fever and Zika -- by turning the male mosquitoes deaf so they cannot mate and breed. Both male and female mosquitoes ...

Researchers at UCSB created deaf mosquitoes by knocking out a single gene and found that the males had absolutely no interest ...

Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air and the males rely on hearing to chase down a female, based on her attractive wingbeats. The researchers did an experiment, altering a genetic pathway ...

Male mosquitoes that fail to hear potential females do not end up mating — a phenomenon that could have major implications ...

As soon as we hear the name of dengue, we all get worried, because this disease affects millions of people every year and ...

Mosquitoes rely on their hearing while in flight to locate potential mates through the sound of female wingbeats. Scientists ...

They’d watched nervously as invasive Aedes mosquito species that can carry the virus appeared in Los Angeles about a decade ...

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair.

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 ...