Are you engulfed by a white cloud of flying bugs every time you touch, or walk by a certain plant in your yard? Are you discouraged from trying to control these bugs because nothing seems to...
created by Galactic Dreams | 12 wks ago | updated 11 wks ago 585 views | 4 recommendations | 8 comments
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 145 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
No sex, please... we're ants. An Amazonian ant species has lived up to its name, evolving into an all-female insect society.DNA tests show the whole colony to be genetic clones of the queen. Like in Aliens. While asexual reproduction in insects is not unheard of, it's really...
A bedbug summit is being held in Washington to help deal with the nightmare of bedbug infestation that is sweeping the country. These tiny insects have infested college dorms, homeless shelters and even upscale...
created by Amy Judd | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 158 views | 33 recommendations | 3 comments
An ingredient found in herbal tea, verbenone, which is a pheromone, could help stop the number of trees that are being attacked by bark beetles across the west coast of Canada and the United States. Verbenone is...
created by Amy Judd | 42 wks ago | updated 42 wks ago 305 views | 28 recommendations | 8 comments
Sales of insects, arthropods and worms for food in the United Kingdom are shooting up say vendors. Scorpions, tarantulas and ants are seeing an increase in sales as much as 30 percent. Some are saying it is...
UPDATE: Almost a billion people go hungry each day after food prices pushed 40 million more people around the world into the ranks of the undernourished, the UN food agency reported yesterday.According to the UN's...
The sound of grasshoppers chirping and clicking their legs is going to be used to help track climate change.Grasshoppers and bush crickets are going to be pubically monitored in Britain to record sightings of all...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 3603 views | 30 recommendations | 85 comments
The little blinking lights of fireflies are getting harder and harder to see lately.Urban delvelopment, pollution and artificial lights are all causing the numbers of the tiny insects to decline at a rapid...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1391 views | 4 recommendations | 14 comments
From my website:"This week, the Global Environment Facility, has launched a new $27 million dollar project with the goal of saving animals that are needed to pollinate the many crops of the world. The United...
created by PlanMyGreen | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 514 views | 18 recommendations | 7 comments
An army of 12 million bees on the loose! " ST. LEONARD, N.B. — Twelve million honey bees were on the loose Monday in northwest New Brunswick after a truck overturned on the Trans-Canada Highway. ...
created by mr.zoltanblack | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 293 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
"Shoppers were stunned when a massive swarm of thousands of honey bees touched down in a busy city centre.Around 15,000 insects gathered in Queen Street, Exeter, at around lunchtime on Tuesday.While some people...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 272 views | 5 recommendations | 6 comments
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor You know the Vancouver Foodie scene is always a score with me, I love food. I read one of Amy's Now Public stories last week on cultures whose diet consists or is...
Yeah, my new phone is pretty cool, and it doesn't even need to be charged. However, it requires solar power. And soil."Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 302 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1579 views | 2 recommendations | 10 comments