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Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:11 -0400

NEW YORK - For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong.

Cicadas arriving in NJ in time for holiday weekend

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:35:13 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - New Jersey's invasion of cicadas has started in the wake of two days of warm weather.

NH could face a challenging mosquito season

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:24 -0400

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire - Some mosquito experts say New Hampshire is in for a challenging season this year.

Thailand urged to explore edible insect market

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:03 -0400

BANGKOK - Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating.

Cicadas about to emerge but not in Kentucky

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:17 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Kentuckians don't have to worry about an onslaught of noisy cicadas this year, though experts say they're about to emerge in the Northeast.

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:35:15 -0400

ZAGREB, Croatia - Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.

Stink bug threatens Mich. fruit, vegetable crops

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:59:16 -0400

DETROIT - A tiny insect could cause big problems for Michigan's fruit and vegetable crops, farmers and experts say.

Sacred Heart, Mystic Aquarium collaborate on crabs

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:07:15 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut - With their spiky, armor-plated shells, they look like miniature tanks mounting a surprise invasion on local beaches - except they have been at it for nearly a half-billion years.

South Texas man survives more than 200 bee stings

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:45:35 -0400

SAN BENITO, Texas - An elderly South Texas man has survived more than 200 bee stings when he was swarmed while mowing some grass.

Corvallis man sells bug specimens

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:18 -0400

CORVALLIS, Montana - From monstrous African Goliath beetles to whip scorpions from Thailand to the famous iridescent blue morpho butterflies that haunt the jungles of Peru, there is hardly a rare bug in the world that Corvallis insect importer Mike Fehr hasn't collected in the past four decades.

Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:23:14 -0400

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.

Southern Colorado bracing for beetle damage

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:01:45 -0400

PUEBLO, Colorado - A spruce beetle infestation that has killed about 380,000 acres of trees on the Rio Grande National Forest is expected to cause quick runoffs from snowpack this year.

Cicadas: "The Shrimp of the Land"

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:15 -0400

PHILADELPHIA - Billions of bite-sized snacks are about to appear in your backyard.

Bees sting 5 hikers on southern Arizona trail

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:03:00 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - Bees stung five hikers on a trail heading into a Catalina Mountains wilderness area over the weekend, including a 6-year-old boy who was hospitalized after showing symptoms of shock.

UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:14:08 -0400

ROME - The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.

UN says: why not eat more insects?

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:10:05 -0400

ROME - The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects.

Endangered beetles to be released in SW Ohio

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:29:14 -0400

CINCINNATI - An eastern Ohio conservation center will release more federally protected American burying beetles at a nature preserve near Cincinnati as part of an effort to save the endangered species.

Concern over possible gypsy moth outbreak in Md.

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:47:40 -0400

OAKLAND, Maryland - Maryland officials are concerned about a possible gypsy moth outbreak in parts of the state.

Vernal realtor charged with forging inspections

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:35:40 -0400

SALT LAKE CITY - One of Utah's most successful real estate brokers has been charged with forging federal housing inspection records.

New beer supports work on hops-loving butterfly

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:47:13 -0400

DENVER - Colorado zoologists are hoping a rarely seen butterfly's appetite for hops will encourage like-minded beer drinkers to generate money to study the insect.

Venom killed Ariz. climber covered with bee stings

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:37:12 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - A medical examiner says a Tucson climber founded dead, hanging from a southern Arizona cliff in his climbing gear, died from venom from bee stings.

More Laramie residents are free to bee

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:59:34 -0400

LARAMIE, Wyoming - When the sky is clear and the day is warm and still, Rene Sollars' honeybees come out of their hives to fly.

Drug used to treat Lyme disease is in short supply

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:53:30 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - An antibiotic used to treat Lyme disease is in short supply in Minnesota, forcing some clinics to scramble as the tick season arrives.

Big-headed ant intercepted at Charleston port

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:14:01 -0400

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Officials at the Port of Charleston have intercepted a dangerous intruder.

'Mammas' is study in maternal instinct

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:46:46 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Isabella Rossellini's search for the meaning of maternal instinct in "Mammas" looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that "anything goes."