Nevada County’s Environmental Health Department is announcing five upcoming Mosquito Fish giveaways, all occurring on Thursdays starting May 11 and ending July 6. “Mosquito fish consume a lot of ...

Mosquito surveillance is starting earlier than normal around Southern Nevada thanks to warmer weather and recent rainfall.

Unlike her stealthy common cousin, the female yellow fever mosquito prefers to feed on humans and doesn’t wait for nightfall to take a bite. Aedes aegypti, an aggressive urban mosquito commonly known ...

The Southern Nevada Health District has started its mosquito surveillance activity a month early due to warmer-than-normal temperatures. Many experts around the valley have already ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - If you’re noticing more mosquito bites than usual for this time of year, an aggressive species of mosquitoes new to the Las Vegas valley could be to blame. They’re called ...

After three years of negligible mosquito-borne disease in Southern Nevada, officials on Thursday warned of a possible early and active mosquito season accompanied by a spike in cases of West Nile ...

A wetter winter means the possibility of more mosquitoes for the summer. And more mosquitoes mean the possible spread of mosquito-borne illnesses. The Southern Nevada Health District, which sets ...

LAS VEGAS — If at one time it was thought mosquitoes couldn’t survive in desert climates, this city is a case study in how wrong that is. Mosquitoes typically prefer more tropical, humid conditions, ...