In Why Mosquitoes Bite, host Harith Iskander explains why female mosquitoes are uniquely attracted to humans and why they need to consume blood to reproduce. Learn how mosquitoes require protein from blood to support their reproductive process, and how, interestingly, they tend to prefer people with blood type O. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
The article "Always Bugged By Mosquitoes? Blame Your Body Odor" from BBC's Science Focus explores a unique study using a huge mosquito-testing arena in Zambia. Scientists found that body odor plays a key role in how mosquitoes choose people to bite. The results could lead to better mosquito traps and tools to fight diseases like malaria.
In Why Mosquitoes Bite, host Harith Iskander explains why female mosquitoes are uniquely attracted to humans and why they need to consume blood to reproduce. Learn how mosquitoes require protein from blood to support their reproductive process, and how, interestingly, they tend to prefer people with blood type O. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Got Science?, a science magazine series that explores and explains science in everyday life.
The article "Always Bugged By Mosquitoes? Blame Your Body Odor" from BBC's Science Focus explores a unique study using a huge mosquito-testing arena in Zambia. Scientists found that body odor plays a key role in how mosquitoes choose people to bite. The results could lead to better mosquito traps and tools to fight diseases like malaria.