Tag: animals
Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining
(AP) — A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists worried.
Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches are doing just fine. But the more beneficial flying insects of summer —...
Conservation efforts must include small animals. After all, they run the world
(Q24N) Humans like to think that they rule the planet and are hard wired to do so. But our stewardship has been anything but successful. The last major extinction event, 66 million years ago, was caused by a meteorite. But the next mass extinction...
Smuggling Animals In Car Trunk A Fad In Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA - In the strange but true department, police in this country are finding out that, if one hears a strange sound from the rear of one's car, it may not need a mechanic but instead an agricultural engineer.
Last week, a very uncomfortable mule...
