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“#Reduce insecticide spraying by using ant pheromones to catch crop pests” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex have developed a new system that slowly releases ant pheromones to attract pests to an insecticide bait. This means that instead of spraying the whole crop with pesticides, traps can be placed…
“#18 whales die in Mauritius stranding” Authorities recovered some of the bodies for autopsies Eighteen melon-headed whales washed up on the shores of Mauritius on Wednesday, the country’s fisheries minister said, dismissing any link to a devastating oil spill earlier this month. The whales, some of which were still alive when they were found and…
“#Fighting mosquito-borne diseases… with mosquitoes” As infection rates of illnesses carried by mosquitoes increase, companies and researchers are racing to develop effective means of controlling the blood-sucking creatures’ population For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever. But could the solution come from producing mosquitoes?…
“#Testing traps to control lovely but destructive lionfish” This photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission show lionfish caught in a modified lobster trap on March 5, 2020, in Atlantic waters off of Big Pine Key, Fla. Scientists are looking at traps as a better way to kill the beautiful but brutally…
“#Invasive South American fish known as the ‘vegetarian piranha’ found in Tennessee” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A Tennessee fisherman’s suspicions that he caught something extraordinary were confirmed over the weekend when state officials determined the fish was a South American pacu, a species related to the famously vicious piranha. One big difference, however: Pacu are…
“#Study reveals gender bias in bird song research and impact of women on science” Karan Odom, a UMBC alumna and current postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, holds a Troupial Oriole. Her landmark paper in 2014 found that at least 70 percent of female birds sing, a result that shattered the long-held belief that only male…
“#Bioengineered soil microbes may help prevent desertification” Credit: CC0 Public Domain By tweaking the genes of microbes in the soil, it may be possible to make arid ecosystems more resilient to climate change and overgrazing, according to a new study. The research is in early stages, and currently consists of theoretical work using computer models….
“#Galapagos: How to protect the islands’ amazing marine life from huge Chinese fishing fleets” Hammerhead sharks near Galapagos. Credit: Janos Rautonen / shutterstock More than 300 foreign fishing ships, almost all Chinese, have been sitting in international waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands since late July. The islands, nearly 1,000 km from the coast of Ecuador,…
“#Forests scorched by wildfire unlikely to recover, may convert to grasslands” Credit: CC0 Public Domain With flames racing across hundreds of square miles throughout Colorado and California this summer and a warming climate projected to boost wildfire activity across the West, residents can’t help but wonder what our beloved forests will look like in a…
“#Fate of California condors unknown after sanctuary burns” A California wildfire has destroyed a sanctuary for the endangered California condor and the fates of several condors, including a chick, remain unknown. A blaze began last Wednesday in Los Padres National Forest northwest of Los Angeles. By Friday, it had destroyed the 80-acre sanctuary in Big…