While obtaining a blood meal from a host, the female mosquito injects some of its own saliva into the skin. The saliva contains anticoagulants and anti-inflammation substances that prevent the host’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...