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Are there plants that repel mosquitoes? Maybe. Here's what to know
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA broad-spectrum, pest-repelling plant gardeners have sworn by for generations is marigold in its ...
The Top 5 Animals Most Likely To Survive Global Disaster
IFLScience· 3 days agoThe Earth has suffered a major catastrophic event, human life as we know it has been wiped from the...
Bizarre egg-laying mammals once ruled Australia—then lost their teeth
Ars Technica· 7 days agoOnly two types of monotremes, the platypus and echidna, still exist, but more monotreme species were...
‘Bio-blitz’ coming to East Moline preserve, public invited to participate, learn
Quad-City Times· 1 day agoWild orchids have been found growing in a 179-acre woody tract in rural East Moline that was...
I surveyed 17 million insects flying through a Pyrenean mountain pass – here’s what I learned about...
The Conversation· 3 days agoDespite only being in the pass for a single day, they labelled these insects “the most remarkable migrants of all”. Seventy years on, I’ve been calculating the numbers of ...
ODFW issues invasive fish alert
Cottage Grove Sentinel· 3 hours agoThe Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has received several calls regarding the release of koi into the Cottage Grove Reservoir. "The ODFW Springfield office received the first report ...
A Poisonous Diet Gives These Animals Their Own Toxic Defense
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoFor certain species that feed on toxic fare like plants and insects, not only do the poisonous meals...
They’re big and colorful — and rumored to fly. But are Joro spiders really nightmare fodder?
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 4 days agoA large, brightly colored invasive species called the Joro spider is on the move in the United...
California Association of Winegrape Growers urges education about spotted lanternfly
KCRA 3 Sacramento· 8 hours agoMembers of the California Association of Winegrape Growers are asking community members across the...
Hawaii's birds are going extinct. Their last hope could be millions of mosquitoes
NPR· 2 days ago“If we don't do anything, we will lose many of our native species.” So, they looked to mosquito-control efforts already going on around the globe. Since ...