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Mosquito Season Starts In Alaska

Mosquito Season Starts In Alaska By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]S[/fusion_dropcap]luggish mosquitoes, sprung from the leaves where they overwintered. Moths and butterflies flitting the fields and south-facing slopes. Beetles skittering along in pinstripe-grooved exoskeletons. One of the 17 trillion mosquitoes,Photo by Ned Rozell How many insects are stirring on the surface of Alaska? That's a [...]

Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds

Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]T[/fusion_dropcap]housands of Alaska mosquitoes are now on sabbatical at the University of California, Davis. They are not pestering suntanned Californians. Researchers are analyzing their tiny corpses to see if the parasites that cause malaria are inside them. During the last two summers, Ravinder Sehgal and his [...]