Topic: Mosquito evolution spells trouble for Galapagos wildlife

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The Galapagos giant tortoise and other iconic wildlife are facing a new threat from disease, as some of the islands’ mosquitoes develop a taste for reptile blood. 

Tortoise on Volcan Alcedo, Galapagos. Credit: Marilyn Cruz, Galapagos National Park  [/span]

 

Scientists from the University of Leeds, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Galapagos National Park have discovered that while its mainland ancestors prefer the blood of mammals and the occasional bird, the Galapagos form of the black salt marsh mosquito (Aedes taeniorhynchus) has shifted its behaviour to fe. . .

 

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They need to introduce some bats, or pest stips, or those electric bug zappers.