Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study used Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread diseases like yellow fever and Zika Experts still recommend DEET as the most ...

Every summer, millions of people spray themselves with DEET to keep mosquitoes away. But new research suggests mosquitoes may be able to learn to associate the repellent with food—and even become ...

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(NEW YORK) — Mosquitoes may be smarter than we think, and that could make getting rid of them and the diseases they carry even more difficult, according to new research. Scientists who studied two ...

It's a warm summer night, and you go outside prepared for the onslaught of bugs with a bug spray containing DEET. But that spray could just be marking you as a feeding ground if you don't apply it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some mosquitoes are learning to associate the smell of DEET with food, according to a new study from researchers at Virginia Tech ...

Bug repellent may not be as protective as we think. According to a new study, mosquitoes can actually find bug repellent appealing after learning to associate the smell with food — the blood of a ...