Many ticks are alive and well in Jersey during the winter — and they can cause a variety of debilitating illnesses. Source: New Jersey 101.5
Feds failed to protect habitat of endangered bee found in Illinois, lawsuit says (via chicagotribune.com)
An environmentalist group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to identify and protect habitats relied upon by an endangered bee native to Illinois. Source: chicagotribune.com
Squirrel cuts power to 1,400 in downtown Bangor (via Bangor Daily News)
Power went out in downtown Bangor shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Source: Bangor Daily News
Stink Bugs are Creating a Smelly Situation (via WEAREGREENBAY)
If you pick them up you can get this stinky oil on you. Source: WEAREGREENBAY
Watch These Stink Bugs Hatch in Unison (via r20.rs6.net)
In terrifying synchrony, baby stink bugs all but explode to life. Source: r20.rs6.net
Insects found at Clinton High School were not bed bugs (via The Quad-City Times)
Two insects discovered earlier this week at Clinton High School were not bed bugs. Source: The Quad-City Times
Smith: West Nile Virus confirmed for first time in Wisconsin ruffed grouse (via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
West Nile Virus was detected in Wisconsin ruffed grouse in 2018, the first time the disease has been found in the species in the state, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Climate Change Means A Rise In Mosquito-Borne Illness (via r20.rs6.net)
The sunlight coming through the picture window of Debbie Casey’s room at a nursing home in Daytona Beach falls on a message board covered with pictures Source: r20.rs6.net
Connecticut not likely to See drop in Lyme cases, unlike Maine’s (via Litchfield County Times)
Last year will likely turn out to have been an average year for Lyme disease infections in Connecticut, unlike in Maine, which experienced a dramatic decrease in 2018, possibly caused Source: Litchfield County Times
Mosquito-borne diseases kill millions of people each year. A team of scientists think genetic manipulation could wipe out the worst of them. (via Business Insider)
Target Malaria plans on releasing genetically engineered mosquitoes in Africa, and it is targeting female mosquitoes that transmit malaria. Source: Business Insider
