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Disease-carrying insects are spreading fast and experts say they’re adapting

Disease-carrying insects are no longer confined to the tropics or to a short summer season. From mosquitoes and ticks to the so-called kissing bug, a growing body of research shows that these vectors ...
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Insects don’t get love like other animals. But Kansas can’t survive without them

Scientists are trying to figure out which insect species are struggling, what it means for ecosystems and, ultimately, how it will impact people. BURLINGAME, Kansas — Without dung beetles, rancher ...
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Earth Challenge 2020 Releases Native Insect and Food Security Citizen Science Applications Built on Kinetica in Support of National Insect Week

Marking National Insect Week, Earth Challenge 2020, a global citizen science partnership between the Earth Day Network, the Wilson Center, and the US State Department, announced two new applications ...
Chicago Tribune

York students present insects as protein source during Sustainability Challenge

York High School student Marie Grasse said she thought about wars, famine and disease while participating in the Model United Nations Program, and ways to combat those problems. So, when given the ...
MSNBC

Challenge: Identify this creepy insect

Viewer Paul tweets us from Indiana, regarding our "Best Ew Thing" segment last night about the discovery of the "leaproach" in South Africa: I have some in basement like a spider/roach ...