Mosquitoes have reached Iceland, a place once thought too harsh for them to survive. Climate change may play a role in this shift.

Mosquitoes are ectothermic and typically become less active as temperatures drop. Some species are more cold-tolerant than ...

Iceland recorded its first verified population of mosquitoes. The cold-tolerant species Culiseta annulata survived Iceland’s ...

It turns out that was no fly. Hjaltason had captured one of Iceland’s first mosquitoes—a Culiseta annulata, one of the ...

Mosquitoes were discovered in Iceland for the first time this month, likely arriving by freight and leaving only one place on ...

Iceland’s frozen, inhospitable winters have long protected it from mosquitoes, but that may be changing. This week, ...

As one of the few nations in the world with no mosquitoes, three different specimens were discovered in Iceland, indicating a ...

Until recently, Iceland was the only country in the world to be free of one of the most maddening and dangerous insects: ...

Pet owners were forced to leave their animals behind when Icelandic residents evacuated a coastal town after a nearby volcano began showing signs of an impending eruption. Hundreds of earthquakes were ...

"It is the first record of mosquitoes occurring in the natural environment in Iceland. A single Aedes nigripes specimen ...

For years, Iceland was one of the only regions on the planet without mosquitos. The chilly weather and long winters kept the ...