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Now that the Zika carrying mosquito has been located on Miami Beach, drastic measures must be taken to contain the virus. So far there have been fifty six transmissions of Zika in Florida, and the state has also seen five…

slugs are notorious for being disrespectful of people's well-kept gardens. However, there is no slug that can match the devastation that the remarkably awful Spanish slug can cause. These slugs are feared all over Europe, and they have been spotted…

Nobody likes seeing bugs in their home, but according to one entomologist, keeping bugs entirely out of people's homes is an impossibility. According to Jeff Whitworth, an entomologist, people will always have to deal with bugs in their homes, but…

Residents of The Florida Keys are protesting an experiment that they think makes them into guinea pigs. The residents are afraid that the special mosquitoes will harm indigenous wildlife. Another worry is that the released mosquitoes may become too big…

Who does not enjoy searching for interesting fossils in a fossil bed? Fossils are undeniably fun, and it is amazing to catch a glimpse of ancient scenes involving various animals caught for an eternity in petrified wood. The Senckenberg Research…

Scientists have finally done it! They’ve designed perfect replications of a living organism, the humble bumblebee. Researchers from MIT and Harvard came together and designed a perfect copy of an insect, replicating its ability to “perch”, a mighty feat when…

Now that congress has completed their seven week vacation they are once again debating particular measures outlined in the bill to grant funding to Zika relief. The new bill calls for 1.1 billion dollars be used to study and contain…

It looks like even Disney is going to do its part to fight the Zika virus now that it has entered U.S. soil. They started giving away free bottles of Cutter insect spray last week. However, those tiny little bottles…

It is no secret to anybody that there exists some very noisy insects as loud bugs exist in all parts of the world. Cicadas, locusts and crickets are just a few annoyingly loud bugs. It turns out that these loud…