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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: entomology

entomology stories: 3 news summaries

Bedbugs' Itch Breeding New Ways to Scratch

Freeze 'em, bake 'em, call in the dogs—pests can't bite if they're dead

Mar 20, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one’s sure why bedbugs are back, but US companies think they know how to kill them, the Wall Street Journal reports. Startups are using everything from dogs to cold blasts to hair-dryer-like devices to sniff out, freeze or bake the pests. “We don’t have an easy... More »

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bedbugs • entomology • University of Minnesota • pests • exterminators • Cimex lectularius • Steven Jacobs • Penn State University

Did Bug Bites Do in Dinos?

Disease-carrying insects may have contributed to dinosaur extinction

Jan 9, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Disease-carrying insects may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago, entomologists write in a new book. Scientists found malaria and other parasitic pathogens in insects preserved in amber, and the same parasites were found in fossilized dinosaur waste, the Guardian reports. New plants, pollinated... More »

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disease • extinction • bug • dinosaur • insects • entomology • biodiversity • K T extinction

Virus Causes Buzz in Bee Caper

Breakthrough may
help explain billions
of apian deaths

Sep 6, 07 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mysterious deaths of billions of honeybees now has a new leading suspect, scientists say: a newcomer to the US called Israeli acute paralysis virus. And as most stricken colonies test positive for the disease, the lead seems promising, the AP reports. The deaths have hit between 50% and 90%... More »

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bees • agriculture • honeybees • virus • entomology • epidemiology

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