Malaria-carrying mosquitoes do not fly around aimlessly hoping to find their next meal. A new study shows that mosquitoes lock onto human scent and purposefully follow it until they find an attack op… [+5272 chars]
Mosquitoes track human scent like GPS, which is how they choose bite victims - Earth.com
Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.
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