Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa’s invasive water plants
HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa — Dozens of tiny black weevils cling onto a fern plant as it is tossed onto a leafy green mat coating the […]
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Thorny problems with Valentine’s roses: Invasive bugs and toxic pesticides hurt Kenya’s exports
ISINYA, Kenya — The red rose: a token of love for many, and for Kenya, a major economic sector. More than a third of Kenya’s […]
Thorny problems with Valentine’s roses: Invasive bugs and toxic pesticides hurt Kenya’s exports
ISINYA, Kenya — The red rose: a token of love for many, and for Kenya, a major economic sector. More than a third of Kenya’s […]
To fight dengue epidemic, health agents in Brazil scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos
RIO DE JANEIRO — The small team of state public health workers slalomed between auto parts strewn across a Rio de Janeiro junkyard, looking for […]
A bedbug hoax is targeting foreign visitors in Athens. Now the Greek police have been called in
Greece’s health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of several Athens short-term rental flats by inventing a […]
France is bitten by a fear of bedbugs as it prepares to host Summer Olympics
PARIS — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another […]
France is bitten by a fear of bedbugs as it prepares to host Summer Olympics
PARIS — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another […]