NYTIMES (Jill Cowan and Amy Graff) - Summer Weather in L.A. Was Perfect. Then Came Humidity and Mosquitoes.
Warmer water off the coast has made things slightly swampy for residents used to a succession of splendid days.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Dragonfly swarms fill California skies by the thousands, and experts say they're doing residents a favor
Massive swarms of dragonflies have descended on California's Bay Area this summer, filling parks and waterfronts with hundreds of the insects, and scientists say the surge is driven by an abundance of mosquitoes. Residents across San Francisco and Oakland have reported skies thick with dragonflies in recent weeks, with the insects spotted in such numbers […] The post Dragonfly swarms fill California skies by the thousands, and experts say they're doing residents a favor appeared first on American Almanac .
Massive swarms of dragonflies have descended on California's Bay Area this summer, filling parks and waterfronts with hundreds of the insects, and scientists say the surge is driven by an abundance of mosquitoes. Residents across San Francisco and Oakland have reported skies thick with dragonflies in recent weeks, with the insects spotted in such numbers that some have been observed mating on top of people's hats. The swarms have appeared at Lake Merritt in Oakland, along the Russian River near Guerneville, and at Dolores Park in San Francisco, the Daily Mail reported . Chris Grinter, the senior collection manager of entomology at the California Academy of Sciences, pointed to a straightforward explanation for the boom. He told SFGATE: …Open
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Tips to keep mosquitoes away
A scientist who studies mosquitoes shares tips on how to outsmart them in your homes and yards.
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NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli and Alessandro Falco) - A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes
The city of Belém in northern Brazil was overwhelmed by an outbreak of dengue two years ago. An all-out municipal effort has reduced cases and may offer lessons to American cities.
AI:The Brazilian city of Belém is attempting to reconstruct its public health infrastructure following a devastating dengue fever outbreak, providing a blueprint that the failing administrative class in American cities desperately needs to study. While local officials scramble to combat mosquito-borne pathogens through massive municipal mobilization, the lessons learned from this struggle highlight the precarious nature of urban health security and the necessity of proactive containment strategies before an epidemic reaches catastrophic proportions.Open
NYTIMES (Stephanie Nolen) - An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Silver Spring Company Unleashes 600,000 Infected Mosquitoes in DC.
A Silver Spring-based company is releasing diseased mosquitoes in the Washington, D.C. area, in hopes they will infect Asian Tiger Mosquitoes and reduce their numbers.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Bee Safe Mosquito Control, a Maryland-based company, has begun releasing male mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria in the D.C. area, hoping they will spread the disease to aggressive Asian Tiger Mosquitoes and reduce their populations. These “ZAP males” make female mosquitoes infertile after mating, preventing them from producing offspring. Skeptics of insect programs warn that the potential risks to human health and to species that feed on mosquitoes are unclear. DETAIL: The Asian Tiger Mosquito is a common pest in the region and is capable of transmitting diseases such as Dengue Fever, Zika, and Yellow Fever. The ZAP males are sourced from MosquitoMate, a Kentucky-based company with EPA…Open
NPR (Ari Daniel) - From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists
Five winning images from a photo contest show scientists at work and capture the wonder of research and discovery.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal in the world, and Google wants to release millions of them in California and Florida. Google's life sciences department breeds mosquitoes, and it believes by releasing more, it can reduce the harmful ones. NewsNation's Nick Smith reports. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Why does Google want to release millions of mosquitoes across U.S.? Epidemiologist reacts
Why does Google plan to release tens of millions of mosquitoes into several communities in the U.S.? Epidemiologist Dr. Nicolas Hulscher and former EPA transition team member Steve Milloy join Bill Spadea to discuss.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Graham Platner’s wife SLAMS scandal coverage (Plus: Cenk Uygur BARRED from UK) | RISING
Watch Rising's full episode: June 1, 2026. 0:00 EXPOSED: Graham Platner's wife warned campaign about texts! Robby Soave | RISING 10:32 Trump goes off on artists who withdrew from Freedom 250 concert, floats MAGA rally instead | RISING 20:03 Fmr. Obama aides criticize Jill Biden for rewriting history of Biden admin: Lindsey Granger | RISING 32:19 Cenk Uygur, Hasan Piker say they were barred from entering UK over Israel views | RISING 41:54 Google books to release millions of mosquitoes in massive debugging effort | RISING