Genetic analysis suggests a form of mosquito found in urban subway systems evolved in the Middle East thousands of years ago ...

Mosquitos are the bane of summer. Here's where they're the worst, how you can prevent them, and how to avoid the dreaded, ...

For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, believed molestus rapidly evolved from an existing species in northern European ...

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...

Culex pipiens mosquitoes can spread the Japanese Encephalitis virus, West Nile virus, Usutu virus, and a few others. They can be found in places with cooler weather and often live near homes.

This species is found in Florida and Texas. Another species, Culex pipiens, transmits West Nile virus and is found in more urban areas like Chicago and Washington, D.C. If we know a mosquito’s ...