WASHINGTON POST • July 1, 2023
The deadliest animal in the world is smaller than a pencil eraser and weighs around two-thousandths of a gram – less than the weight of a single raindrop. Every year, it kills an estimated 700,000 people by partaking in what scientists grimly call a “blood meal.” It’s the mosquito – and, increasingly, it’s on the move. In the United States, for example, many regions are already seeing an increase in “mosquito days” as temperatures rise.