Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal—a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply—into cleaner energy for the world, according to University of Delaware researchers. Source: r20.rs6.net
Rats invade classrooms at elementary school, upsetting parents (via WSBTV)
On Wednesday, Craig Lucie saw at least a half-dozen work trucks coming and going to try to deal with the issue. Source: WSBTV
Horrified man discovers dozens of large cockroaches hiding inside wall-mounted landline (via Fox News)
That’s one reason to get rid of the landline. Source: Fox News
Animal hospital warns of winter ticks after engorged tick found on dog (via WMUR)
A local veterinarian’s office is warning pet owners to check their animals for ticks, even in winter, after finding an engorged tick on a dog in January. Source: WMUR
They’re here and they smell: Unseasonably warm winter weather unleashes stinkbugs in Wisconsin (via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Unseasonably warm weather has encouraged stink bugs to wake up and move around inside homes. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Alliance neighborhood trying to recover from cockroaches (via The Review)
It’s been a costly battle to get rid of the pests. Source: The Review
Mesa woman with newborn accuses apartment of doing nothing to stem cockroach infestation (via KSAZ)
A Mesa woman says her husband and newborn baby were living with endless amounts of cockroaches in their apartment, and management has done nothing. FOX 10’s Matt Galka reports. Source: KSAZ
How NC State University, Centers for Disease Control are innovating the mosquito bite fight – Triangle Business Journal (via Triangle Business Journal)
N.C. State University researchers are aiming to make a profound effect on preventing mosquito-based diseases. Source: Triangle Business Journal
USC researchers race against tick-borne illness before it spreads in U.S. (via USC News)
The Asian longhorned tick, new to North America, can transmit a disease that causes nausea, diarrhea and muscle pain — and, often, death. Source: USC News
Mosquitoes in Winter? (via 1240 KLYQ)
Let’s face it, one of the BIG perks to winter is not having to worry about those disease carrying suckers. But, with the warmer than normal temperatures, it is not that far fetched. Source: 1240 KLYQ
