Formidable Flying Foe
Buzz. Ouch. Slap. One down, one hundred quadrillion to go. While there are 3,500 mosquito species found worldwide, we only have to contend with 56 of them here in... Read more.
Silke Schmidt is a Madison-based science writer for UW–Madison. She has also written about energy, medical research, education, economics and the environment for UW–Milwaukee, North Carolina State University and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Her multimedia work has appeared in Madison Magazine and on Wisconsin Public Radio.