Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.

Why do mosquitoes terrorise some people and spare others? As mosquito season begins, it could be down to your outfit.

Mosquito bites are an inconvenience in the ... Mosquitoes use their proboscis, or part of their mouth, to cut the skin and get to the capillaries or veins to fill up with blood.

When a female mosquito bites a human, they stick their proboscis into the skin and inject their saliva, the chemical make-up of which prevents the blood from clotting. The saliva acts like an ...

“The nose, that’s what makes it all weird and unusual. I just don’t understand the Proboscis monkey!” says an exasperated Silvery, noticing that Pongo is paying more attention to the wild ...

I’ve always found primates endlessly fascinating to film. Their expressions and behaviours grab my attention in a way few other groups of animals do, and the addition of a large fatty nose makes ...

A mosquito homes in on you by sensing the proximity of blood from your sweat, your breath, your warmth. Her feeding apparatus, that elaborate proboscis, is a multipart marvel with a skin-piercing ...