RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Cockroaches are scientifically interesting to study. A primitive yet highly diverse group of insects, they live in a wide range of habitats—such as temperate habitats, tropical habitats, deserts, in the nests of birds and social insects, sewers and dumpsites—and exhibit a variety of reproductive strategies. They are also major pests. They can...
UC Riverside research shows house-dwelling mosquitoes require minute changes in concentrations of exhaled carbon dioxide to trigger landing on human skin RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Females of the malaria-spreading mosquito tend to obtain their blood meals within human dwellings. Indeed, this mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, spends much of its adult life indoors where it is constantly exposed...
UC Riverside research could lead to innovative strategies for controlling mosquito populations RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Diseases transmitted by mosquitoes have contributed to the death and suffering of millions throughout human history, earning the mosquito the title as the world’s most dangerous animal. Even today, several devastating mosquito-borne diseases (such as malaria, dengue fever and West...
