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11/11/2019
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By Tracey Watson
Scientists attempt to deliver pesticides deeper underground using a plant virus: Can farmers trust this risky technique?
The arrogance of human beings is simply astounding. Despite the clear evidence that tinkering with the natural balance of the environment is an epic failure – every time – scientists just keep coming up with new ways to interfere with what is essentially a perfectly balanced, self-sustaining system. From manipulating the weather to dousing crops […]
10/24/2019
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By Cassie B.
Save that bug! Preventing the rapid decline of insects around the globe is key to preserving human life, warn scientists
Insects have a way of making outdoor jogs and picnics a bit less pleasant, but you might want to think twice before squashing them as experts say none of us would be here if they didn’t exist. In fact, one leading scientist has warned that the rapid declines of insect populations across the planet is […]
07/19/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Pest-eating bats are easing financial pressure on farmers and may help regrow rainforests
In the African island of Madagascar, bats leave their tropical rainforest and descend upon the ricefields cultivated by human farmers to devour plant-eating insect pests. Their organic pest control service may help persuade locals to preserve the forests instead of razing them. Every year, humans cut down one percent of Madagascar’s rainforest cover. They cultivate the cleared land to grow rice, […]
09/14/2018
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By Rhonda Johansson
Cleanliness can prevent bugs as well as germs: Bed bugs love dirty laundry, study finds
Low-cost traveling has opened the doors to a lot of things, like bedbugs. So says Dr. William Hentley from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences and his team of researchers. His study, published in Scientific Reports, concluded that global bedbug dispersal has been facilitated by dirty laundry being left exposed in […]
06/20/2018
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By Ralph Flores
Natural is always better: Using predators to protect crops instead of herbicides boosts profit and conserves wildlife
Farmers in northwestern Michigan may have just found a way to hit two birds with one stone, figuratively speaking: They’ve been luring falcons to their farms to naturally cull pests and protect their crops, reducing their dependency on poison and pesticide use along the process. Since the 1990s, local orchardists have been using kestrels, a […]
04/27/2018
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By David Williams
Pesticides threaten extinction of monarch butterflies
It is well-known that the use of pesticides can have deleterious effects on nature. Now, the latest casualty could soon be the majestic monarch butterfly as its very existence is thought to be threatened by the overuse of pesticides targeted towards milkweed. This is based on information from an announcement made by Mexican officials last […]
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