F or decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the “London Underground Mosquito”. Most people, including scientists, believed molestus rapidly evolved from an existing species in northern ...

In this passage from Dengue Boy, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we get an insight into life for Michel Nieva’s mosquito protagonist – and the drowned future world she inhabits ...

A form of mosquito associated with the London Underground evolved to live in human environments long before subterranean railways sprung up in the 19 th century. Culex pipiens f. molestus is found ...

A mosquito that has adapted to live in London’s Tube network likely originated thousands of years ago in the Middle East, according to a new study. Culex molestus, the London Underground ...

A mosquito that has adapted to live in London’s Tube network likely originated thousands of years ago in the Middle East, according to a new study. Compared to the similar C pipiens, which lives and ...