Lincoln Park Zoo conducted a study of Chicago’s rat problem, as part of its Urban Wildlife Institute. The findings? The best way to fight rats is keep your trash secure. And the most rats are in the neighborhoods with the most complaints. Source: chicagotribune.com
6 Ways Climate Change Is Hitting the US (via NBC 7 San Diego)
The federal government’s National Climate Assessment says that climate change will unleash heat waves that make Chicago feel like Las Vegas, bring disease-carrying mosquitoes to Florida year-round, warm… Source: NBC 7 San Diego
New Middletown man battling West Nile virus back in U.S. (via Leslie Barrett)
A New Middletown family is thankful that their father is now back on American soil. Source: Leslie Barrett
Newly Discovered Human Monoclonal Antibody Protects Mice from West Nile Virus | Medicine | Sci-News.com (via Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com)
A research team led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center scientists has isolated a human monoclonal antibody that can âneutralizeâ the West Nile virus. Source: Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com
Squirrel causes afternoon power outage in Sioux City (via KCAU)
MidAmerican Energy says about 1,400 customers were without power for about an hour on Tuesday afternoon. Source: KCAU
Blood-sucking flies have been spreading malaria for 100 million years (via ScienceDaily)
The microorganisms that cause malaria, leishmaniasis and a variety of other illnesses today can be traced back at least to the time of dinosaurs, a study of amber-preserved blood-sucking insects and ticks show. Source: ScienceDaily
Bay Nature: Are Daddy Longlegs the Most Venomous Creature on Earth? (via Bay Nature)
And what even is a daddy longlegs? In different parts of the country it could be a harvestman, a crane fly, or a cellar spider. Source: Bay Nature
Two county offices temporarily closed for bed bugs (via Terre Haute Tribune-Star)
Two Vigo County offices were temporarily closed Tuesday until noon due to what was reported as bed bugs. Source: Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Woman Finds Cockroach In Soup At Novi Restaurant, Calls Police (via r20.rs6.net)
This popular chain restaurant reportedly served a cockroach in some French onion soup and the diner wanted the police to know. Source: r20.rs6.net
NJ group asks Congress to ramp up war on Lyme disease (via New Jersey 101.5)
A new report urges federal lawmakers to do more to prevent the spread of a serious illness that is frequently misdiagnosed and left untreated. Source: New Jersey 101.5
