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NYC: Mandatory bed bug inspections at the movies?

Last month, New York City Councilman Mark Levine introduced Bill No. 1289, “A Local Law to amend the administrative code...

Black widow. Photo: iStock.com/Schiz-Art

How spiders find their mate

Engagement season is upon us. The holidays bring about a lot of engagements, weddings and even baby announcements. Well, to...

A killer (ant) movie coming to theaters Jan. 25

Mark Jan. 25 on your calendars. Nope, not a training day, but an entertaining one: That’s when the movie “Dead...

Falconer turns hobby into second career

The old saw about “when life closes a door, a window opens” is quite true for Lori Prichard of HawkEye...

On the rocks, or on the ants?

Video documentary powerhouse Great Big Story recently published a video in conjunction with the Singapore Tourism Board titled “Nature’s Cocktail.”...

Ant behavior could help humans

A new study finds that the key to antibiotics resistance in humans could lie in how ants function within their...

PHOTO: NATASHA WRIGHT, COOK'S PEST CONTROL, BUGWOOD.ORG

Why are H. axyridis going to the dogs?

The multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis, or ALB) is an invasive pest species that has “dogged” many a pest...

Research reveals impacts of total solar eclipse on bees

You may remember to total solar eclipse in 2017 in North America that everyone was buzzing about? Well, research from...

Guaranteed's William Black talks with ABC Local 10. PHOTO: WPLG VIA YOUTUBE

The rodent station with something extra

In September, two technicians with Guaranteed Pest Control & Fertilization, Davie, Fla., were routinely inspecting rodent bait stations at an...

LA gets hit with flea-borne typhus outbreak

A growing outbreak of flea-borne typhus has hit downtown Los Angeles, particularly the homeless population.

Pheromones in tears of baby mice could prevent breeding

Signals from a pheromone produced by male mice to encourage breeding, is replaced with signals from a pheromone produced by...

Photo: Global Health – Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

Research shows dogs can smell malaria parasites

Detector dogs to the rescue again! If you’ve read David Latimer’s recent installment on detector dogs and their capabilities at...

Houston PMP removes hives with estimated one million honeybees

Claude Griffin, owner of Gotcha Pest Control, Houston, Texas, tells The Midland Reporter-Telegram that a recent honey bee infestation was...

North Carolina battles mosquitoes after hurricane

After Hurricane Florence blew through North Carolina, flooding took over parts of the state. Almost two weeks later, the flooding...

Leave wildlife control to the pros, so they say

A Cleveland Browns fan caught an opossum that was lose in First Energy Stadium after searching for a how-to video...