Jurassic Park Was Right: Mosquitoes Really Can Carry Libraries of Animal DNA

Photo credit: Nicolas Hoizey via Unsplash. Article by Tessa Koumoundouros. ScienceAlert – January 5, 2026. Research articles: Scientific Reports.

From missing dinosaur feathers to fictitious pack-hunting behaviors, many details of the Jurassic Park movie franchise belong firmly in fantasy. Yet, incredibly, the films’ central premise may be more realistic than expected: Mosquito meals really can provide a thorough ecological snapshot of the area they buzz about, new research from the University of Florida finds. “They say Jurassic Park inspired a new generation of paleontologists, but it inspired me to study mosquitoes,” says entomologist Lawrence Reeves. […]

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