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  • July 2008

    • Pine Beetles Eat Through Western Forests

      USA Today  |  Jul 16, 08 12:51 PM CDT

      Pine Beetles Eat Through Western Forests

      (Newser) - The biggest infestation of mountain pine beetles in decades is devastating huge tracts of forest in the Western states, USA Today reports; forestry workers say the bugs are killing even more trees than the wildfires ravaging California's forests. The larvae consume the inner bark of trees, usually lodgepole pines, killing the tree—and creating fuel for more fires. More »

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      insects  • trees  • infestation  • forests  • beetle

  • February 2008
  • November 2007

    • $25K Sundae Comes With Mice, Roaches

      CBS  |  Nov 15, 07 8:10 PM CST

      $25K Sundae Comes With Mice, Roaches

      (Newser) - An upscale dessert shop on New York's Upper East Side that serves $25,000 ice cream sundaes has been shut down for egregious health-code violations, including a dysfunctional sewage system, mounds of mouse droppings, and a thriving cockroach population, CBS reports. The shop, Serendipity 3, introduced the extravagant sundae, which comes with a golden spoon, just last week. More »

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      New York City  • Department of Health  • infestation  • rodents

  • October 2007

    • Study Finds Rats Are Winning the Rat Race

      Reuters  |  Oct 4, 07 1:15 PM CDT

      Study Finds Rats Are Winning the Rat Race

      (Newser) - Rodent experts labeled New York the US city most open to large-scale rat infestation today, after conducting a nationwide survey that took into account climate, waste management, population density, and age of infrastructure, Reuters reports. New York's appearance atop comes months after a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant was overrun by rats and closed. Houston and Boston round out the top three. More »

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      New York City  • public health  • rats  • infestation

  • August 2007

    • Bedbugs Make Bloodthirsty Comeback

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 20, 07 5:36 PM CDT

      Bedbugs Make Bloodthirsty Comeback

      (Newser) - Despite admonitions about not letting the bedbugs bite, Americans are doing just that, and infestations are being reported across the country. Once thought wiped out by the now-banned pesticide DDT, the insects have been found in hospitals, schools, and even high-end residences, the Times of London reports. "Saturday Night Live" star Maya Rudolph is suing her landlord over an infestation. More »

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      carbon emissions  • Saturday Night Live  • carbon dioxide  • insects  • pesticide  • bug  • infestation  • DDT  • bedbugs

  • June 2007

    • They're Here

      National Geographic  |  Jun 1, 07 7:52 PM CDT

      They're Here

      (Newser) - The Brood XIII cicadas are emerging throughout the Midwest in an every-17-year fit of Darwinian survival.  Scientists theorize that their abundance — they emerge by the millions per acre—is an evolutionary advantage: Because of their numbers, predators (primarily birds, insects and fish) cannot possibly eat all of them.  More »

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      Midwest  • bug  • infestation  • cicadas

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