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How trash, sprawl and a warming world impact Michigan mosquito seasons
Detroit News· 9 hours agoNot all of the quintessential characteristics of a Michigan summer are as pleasant as campfires,...
Where have all the fireflies gone in Lancaster County? [column]
Lancaster Online· 3 hours agoYears ago, when Aaron Haines moved back to Lancaster County from Wisconsin, his family stayed for a...
Creating ‘a better food place’: Chef hosting 2 dinners dedicated to South Florida farmers & fishers
Sun-Sentinel· 1 hour agoA fisherman recently texted from his boat to ask Boynton Beach chef Jimmy Everett if he was...
Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
Phys.org· 5 days agoIn a study published recently in Ecology and Evolution, the researchers measured body mass, local...
Are cicadas dangerous to your pets?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIf you have concerns after your pet interacts with a cicada, experts recommend speaking with your veterinarian. Experts have...the sense that the fungus...
Another viewpoint editorial: Indiana to host cicada emergences that last occurred 221 years ago -...
The Republic News· 2 days ago“The majority of them for Brood XIX are going to emerge in southwest Indiana, the very far southwest corner of the state,” said Vince Burkle, the Fort Wayne-based assistant director and survey ...
The cicada invasion has begun. Experts recommend greeting it with awe, curiosity and humor
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“It’s an exciting thing – the last was in 1803,” said Kritsky. Will these different broods interbreed? Today's grad students are gearing up to study the answer, which probably ...
The wasps that tamed viruses
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“There is a special connection between viruses and these endoparasitoids,” says Julien Varaldi, an evolutionary biologist at Claude Bernard University...
Fleece clothing a "serious pollutant"—it's made of plastic, after all
Boing Boing· 5 days agoMost "fleece" is just extruded plastic filament and its use in clothing is, according to clothing company Patagonia, a serious source of pollution. Washing them turns results in microplastic ...
"Video Games" for Flies Shed Light on How They Fly
IEEE Spectrum· 6 days ago“This wing hinge is arguably one of the most important events that ever happened in the evolution of life,” says Michael Dickinson, a researcher and...