Big city mosquitoes are a big problem — and now a big target

By Ari Daniel

Manmade pits at construction sites are providing nurseries for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, new research finds.

Africa’s cities have become home to an invasive, malaria-carrying mosquito. New research suggests vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take on the disease-bearing insects.

(Image credit: Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec)

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