Mosquitos don’t just cause annoying, itchy bites — they can also spread potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, like eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus and dengue fever. At least ...

Certain tropical poison frogs excrete a lipophilic alkaloid on their skin that keeps yellow fever mosquitoes-a common vector of a wide variety of parasitic pathogens-from snacking on their blood. The ...

Australian researchers have found that green tree frogs secrete a pungent natural mosquito repellent, but don't expect it to be on a store shelf near you any time soon. Craig Williams of Cook ...