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Franklin County Area Expects More Stink Bugs

Bonita Wauls can't control the stink bugs on her front porch. Wauls says "They're bigger and feistier than the first year, they're bolder." Trying common bug traps like fly paper, she had said that "they're so...

created by LarryDeezell | 2 years ago
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Climate Change and Beetle Kill at Hoopy Lake Part 1

TFleming

Bark Beetles Kills Millions of Acres from New Mexico to British Columbia

The Bark Beetle, or Pine Beetle, from New Mexico to British Columbia, is destroying forests faster than people can even attempt to save them. Green forests are turning to red as trees die and the beetles move...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Alberta to make newsprint from beetle-damaged wood

Alberta is going to introduce a $28 million research project that aims to convert trees killed by moutain pine beetles into newsprint."The project will focus on the development of new sensors by the Alberta...

created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Doctor John

Plant Bereavement

The death of a pet for some brings on feelings of sadness in at similar levels as that when one loses a human friend or partner but this report from the Royal Horticultural Society that many people feel bereaved...

created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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World_Groove

Steampunk Bug - the Wooden Beetle

I think I just might take on a project like this with my convertible SAAB....."This VW beetle is made in a big part with wood. It is very nice done and you can drive it with no problems at all. It’s cool and...

created by World_Groove | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Predi

Insect ultimate fighting a moral quagmire

This is news to me, but apparently insect cage matches are all the rage in Japan.Many bug enthusiasts, however, say pitting insects against each other is cruel and inhumane. On the flipside, others say...

created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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The Seven Smelliest Creatures in the World

"The Bombardier beetle gets its name from the mixture of chemicals it can fire from its rear. "

created by jetjet | 3 years ago
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hm24co

Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle Devastation

How widespread is the pine beetle problem? Colorado is in major forest fire danger this summer and beyond. This infestation has been going on since 1996 in Colorado (and British Columbia). It's just starting to...

created by hm24co | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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claybodie

How to Get 76 MPG

"We don’t need new technology to save us, just a little ingenuity. After a few minor tweaks, Ernie Rogers can get up to 76 mpg in his 2003 VW diesel Beetle: He drove 1375 miles…[on] just 18 gallons of...

created by claybodie | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Typical size of a Carp found in North American waterways, a size in as little as three years of age.

Barry ORegan

North American Report: Hundreds of Sleeper Cells Among us!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBefore you head to your "Dale Gribble" (King of the Hill) style underground bunker and don a flak jacket while you peer suspiciously at your next door...

created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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BC Beetle Migrates to Saskatchewan

Just one year ago scientists and conservation officers were on the lookout for signs of the dreaded Mountain Pine Beetle - a tiny insect that has devastated 80 per cent of British Columbia's forests in less than 10 years - in Alberta. "If it crosses the Rockies" they said,...

created by Keta | 4 years ago
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The perfect way to swat a fly: stay one jump ahead- Photo by Iron Mill Interactive Media

Albert Milliron

Ancient Giant Insects Breathing Easy

When I was 8 years old, my parents took me to the Royal Tyrrell Museum - 4 hours in a car, 2 kids, 4 juice boxes, a side-of-the-highway bathroom break and we arrived. I remember pleading with my parents to...

created by ScienceDave | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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3. The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Google truck in Las Vegas, Copyright Google;Immersive Media

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10 Bizarre Sights in Google Street View

1. Someone apparently climbing over a fence in San Francisco 2. Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California 3. The already infamous 'Hot Babes' poster van driving alongside the Google truck in Las...