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08/30/2021

Mosquito Monday Challenge Update - 30 August 2021

We are so thankful for all your contributions and observations (including more than 6,000 photographs) submitted during the Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge. But just because the challenge is over doesn’t mean that our work on eradicating mosquito breeding sites is done! Keep observing and learning. Your photographs will continue to be useful data. >>

08/27/2021

Where does your data go? A new publication about Mosquito Habitat Mapper data in GeoHealth

A recent publication in the journal GeoHealth looks at data submitted during the Mosquito Habitat Mapper’s first three years (2017-2020) in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It also takes a closer examination of data in three cities in Senegal, West Africa. >>

08/23/2021

Mosquito Monday Challenge Update - 23 August 2021

We’re in the home stretch of the challenge and there are only two days left in the challenge, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop. Every larva photo you take will help researchers come one step closer to training their software to recognize and identify disease-carrying larvae and the habitats or land cover types they prefer. >>

08/19/2021

Blogging from the Field: Mosquito Habitat Hunting in the Sky Islands, Southern AZ

Our expedition to find mosquito assassin species called Toxorhynchites moctezuma took us to an ecologically unique and biologically diverse region called the Sky Islands. >>

08/16/2021

Mosquito Monday Challenge Update - 16 August 2021

Keep it up, there are only 10 days left in the challenge! Read the latest updates for the Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge. >>

08/10/2021

Become an Armchair Cloud Expert and Help NASA Scientists Along the Way

Help NASA scientists advance their understanding of Earth’s atmosphere and climate from the comfort of your own home with the CLOUD GAZE project on Zooniverse. >>