The NYC Feral Cat Initiative, which helps New York City’s stray and feral cats, has inadvertently reduced rat sightings in community-cat-hosted areas. Part of the initiative, a program of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, is to perform Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and its goal is to humanely reduce the population of “community cats” in New York […]
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Wildlife sanctuary to repurpose election signs for pest traps
Brook Waimarama Sanctuary in Nelson, New Zealand, is seeking used election signs to repurpose into pest trap and monitoring tunnels....
Study: Jumping spiders have long-distance hearing
The saying goes, “to be a fly on the wall,” although flies don’t have ears. Jumping spiders don’t either, but...
What’s the worst infestation you’ve encountered?
Pest management professionals (PMPs) may encounter many pest infestations in the span of their career, but that doesn’t mean certain...
New ant species found in frog’s stomach
Scientists discovered a new ant species while flushing the stomach of a frog in Ecuador, reports National Geographic. The new...
McCloud staff sports pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
McCloud Services is encouraging service specialists at all 11 of its locations to join the fight in finding a cure...
Photographer gets up close and personal with insects
Ohio resident Brice Nihiser is a macro photography hobbyist who's got a knack for insects. He uses the stacking method...
PMPs tackle ‘world’s most venomous spider’
While unpacking groceries, a woman in Leicester, England, was greeted by about a dozen Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria fera) on a bunch...
Study finds cockroach milk a nutritious superfood
A group of stem cell biologists and chemists set out to study the nutritional concentration of cockroach milk. Milk from...
UN nuclear agency starts building new lab for insect pest control
The United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is constructing a new laboratory for its efforts to help countries use nuclear...
Study shows desert ants use ‘optic flow’ to navigate
A study published Sept. 8 in Science magazine reveals that Sahara desert ants (Cataglyphis bicolor) can navigate to and from...
Wood ant colony found living in former Soviet bunker
Thousands of wood ants from a large colony that lives atop an old, freezing Soviet bunker in Poland unwillingly descend...
PMP breeds pet rats as hobby
Pest management professional (PMP) Arnold Sciberras found a way to put his rodent expertise to good use: by breeding and...
Video: Python chokes PMP on reality TV show
Pest management professional Craig Freeman of Stop That Pest in Birmingham, England, was filming the reality TV show “Deadliest Pests...
‘Spidey’ gene might unlock mystery of waxy insects
An international team of scientists, led by University of Hawaii at Mānoa researcher Dr. Joanne Yew, has identified a gene...
Video: Family reports ‘plague of rats’ fueled by neighbor
A family in Southhampton, England, shared a video with the Southern Daily Echo of dozens of rats roaming their neighbor's...