Stink bug that’s new to US munches nuisance kudzu, but also threatens bean crops in South
Kudzu-munching bug also threatens US bean crops Vermont sugarmakers to discuss insect problem at annual meeting Thursday
Vermont sugarmakers to gather Thursday BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — Vermont sugarmakers say their industry’s enjoying good times in general, but there are still some worries: Insects. A look at how climate change is spreading pests around the globe
Pests on move worldwide as climate warms A look at some other pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming: Va. dangles $6.7M to lure watermen out of the Chesapeake Bay crab business, gets few bites
Chesapeake crabbers not going for Va.’s buyout National team to help Forest Service manage bark beetle epidemic in Colo., Wyo.
National team to help manage bark beetle problem Make me an offer: Virginia crabbers offer up licenses in bids totaling $30.4 million
Hundreds of watermen make Virginia an offer Beyond bison and bears: Scientists seeking Yellowstone’s hidden species find more than 1,200
Scientists look for Yellowstone’s hidden species Sex for survival: Study shows male fiddler crabs will protect female neighbors _ at a price
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival Iran’s Ahmadinejad likens power of country’s enemies to a ‘mosquito’
Ahmadinejad: Iran’s enemies a ‘mosquito’ TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday compared the power of Iran’s enemies to a “mosquito,” saying Iran now deals with the West over its nuclear activities from a position of power. Farmers prevail over US’s most expensive pest; boll weevil gone from 98 percent of US cotton
US cotton almost clear of voracious boll weevil Leaving his job for the ‘last true adventure on earth’: He’s driving around the world
Trans World Expedition: Driving around the world Mexico struggles to save monarch reserve from bark-beetle infestationMEXICO CITY — Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico’s famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles. Timber sale on Oregon national forest tests Obama pledge to protect roadless areasDIAMOND LAKE, Ore. — When Sharon Karr’s cabin was built on the shores of this high mountain lake in 1928, there were few neighbors and little thought given to the prospects of wildfire. Scientists racing to save tens of millions of seeds as ash trees devastated by Asian beetleDES MOINES, Iowa — Mark Widrlechner is out to save a species from extinction. Bats, spiders and bodies, oh my: 3 ways to get naturally spooked _ no special effects requiredHaunted house attractions and ghost tours can be a lot of fun. But some things are naturally spooky, with no fake blood or recorded howls required. Chickens, fresh apples and other local foods can give indigestion to local officialsChickens finally can roost legally in Bozeman, Mont. 20 hospitalized in Turkey after bees swarm following road accidentANKARA, Turkey — An official says a van stacked with beehives has crashed into a truck, killing one person and causing the bees to swarm and attack five injured crash victims and their rescuers. Road accident in Turkey frees bees who go after the crash victimsANKARA, Turkey — A van carrying beehives crashed into a truck on Monday, and huge swarms of bees broke free and stung the injured and rescue workers at the scene. Antenna sensors turn out to be key to Monarch butterflies finding their way to MexicoWASHINGTON — Millions of Monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter and scientists have long speculated on how the insects find their way. Turns out, their antennas are the key. Researchers say Arctic warming has widespread effects on Arctic plants, animalsWASHINGTON — Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north. Just repaired Hubble unveils its handiwork: Photos of beauty, life and death on galactic scaleWASHINGTON — A refurbished Hubble Space Telescope is showing Earth the sharpest photos yet of cosmic beauty, complete with heavenly glows. NASA on Wednesday unveiled the first deep space photos taken by Hubble since its billion dollar repair mission last spring. That work included installing two new cameras, other science instruments and replacing broken parts. NY researchers breed rare beetles discovered by citizen scientists in Lost Ladybug ProjectITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado. Bugged by decline in native ladybug species, NY researchers talk about the birds and beesITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado. British doctors complain of ‘tick-box approach’ to care of terminally ill patientsLONDON — A group of senior British doctors expressed concern Thursday about the treatment of the terminally ill, saying some people are dying prematurely because of guidelines for dealing with patients in their final hours. US Fish and Wildlife decides against endangered species listing for NM butterflyALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ruled the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly does not warrant listing as an endangered species and protection of its habitat. Oregon man stung by bees more than 200 times before being rescued by nearby workersLAGRANDE, Ore. — Nearby workers rescued an 18-year-old northeast Oregon man after he swatted one bee and was swarmed by others that stung him more than 200 times. Doomed planet: Astronomers find planet so big and close to star it may be killing itselfWASHINGTON — Astronomers have found what appears to be a gigantic suicidal planet. Billions of beetles, wildfire spread imperil the northern forests of a warmer worldHAINES JUNCTION, Yukon Territory — A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer. NH man snares a rare, cobalt-blue lobster, donates crustacean to science centerPORTSMOUTH, N.H. — At first, New Hampshire lobsterman Bill Marconi thought he had caught a shiny blue beer can in his trap. It turns out it was a rare, cobalt-blue lobster. The 52-year-old lobsterman was out hauling 400 traps with his son Wednesday when he snared the 1½-pound lobster in between his dock and the Isle of Shoals, about six miles off the coast. A look at the 29 species the US Fish and Wildlife Service says may need federal protectionThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says 29 species may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act: |
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