mosquitoes

The state health department says it is treating the affected area for mosquitoes, though it did not specify where in the county the case was reported.

As countries around the world experience hotter temperatures, mosquitoes are thriving, which means, more mosquito-borne diseases.

The Peters’s rock agama is reducing the density of Florida’s brown anole lizard population. Mosquitoes love to bite the anoles, but with fewer around, researchers want to know how this will affect humans.

A mosquito control official says the county's last locally acquired case probably was in the 1930s. That change this month when two were reported in Lockhart, in northwest Orange.

The health department says 30 cases of the disease ─ aka sloth fever ─ have been reported this year, all by travelers to Cuba. Oropouche is spread to humans by flies called midges and some types of mosquitoes.

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In response to the new cases, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District is increasing its mosquito control tactics in Key Largo and Upper Matecumbe Key.

Symptoms of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness, include a high fever, severe headache, eye pain and muscle and joint pain. lt is rarely fatal.

Experts are anticipating a very active hurricane season. That’s good news for the world’s deadliest animal.

How do Aedes female mosquitos find the perfect site to lay their eggs? FIU researchers find they rely on one another for good reviews of breeding sites.