These gatherings are essentially mass mating events," said co-lead author Yijin ... just how important hearing is to these insects. Male mosquitoes have the most auditory neurons of any known ...

Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease-spreading females, reducing their lifespan and providing a pest control method. On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, ...

McBride said they’re the first mosquito control district ever to do this. Essentially, their scientists sterilize male mosquitoes, then release them in a neighborhood. Those mosquitoes mate with ...