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Pesticide-induced mosquito death outweighs fitness advantage of survivors

2016-02-15 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A common toxin used to kill yellow fever mosquito larvae -- the most prevalent transmitter of dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses -- is highly effective. While there are some fitness advantages to surviving adults, this is still an effective way to control the damaging health impacts of these mosquito-borne diseases, a new University of Florida study shows. Scientists and mosquito control officials want to kill mosquitoes during the larval, or juvenile stage, before they grow into adulthood and...

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Things to know about the mosquito villain in Zika outbreaks

2016-01-27 20:23:54| Biotech - Topix.net

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. Scientists believe the species originated in Africa, but came to the Americas on slave ships.

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CDC: Strong signs Brazil birth defects are tied to mosquito

2016-01-14 02:21:59| Biotech - Topix.net

In this Dec. 23, 2015, file photo, 10-year-old Elison nurses his 2-month-old brother Jose Wesley, who was born with microcephaly, at their house in Poco Fundo, Pernambuco state, Brazil. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, that it has found the strongest evidence so far of a possible link between a mosquito-borne virus and a surge of birth defects in Brazil.

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Arctic Warming Produces Mosquito Swarms Large Enough Kill Baby Caribou

2015-09-16 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Some Alaskans joke that mosquitoes are "Alaska`s state bird," but the pesky insects are becoming no joke. Warming Arctic temperatures have caused their numbers to swell immensely in the region in recent years. Lauren Culler has been studying insects in Greenland for the last several years. Culler, a postdoctoral researcher for Dartmouth Colleges Institute of Arctic Studies, along with a team of researchers published a study yesterday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Why the Arctic's mosquito...

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