Insects
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
Environment
janvier 5, 2025
Texas Ranchers Face New World Screwworm After Flesh-Eating Livestock Parasite Crosses From Mexico
The January 2025 border warning was not a monster movie. By June 2026 USDA had confirmed New World screwworm in a Texas calf. The AEGIS Alliance is following the veterinary…
Toddler Heard ‘Monsters’ in the Wall. It Was About 50,000 Bees and 100 Pounds of Honeycomb
News
avril 30, 2024
Toddler Heard ‘Monsters’ in the Wall. It Was About 50,000 Bees and 100 Pounds of Honeycomb
A Charlotte toddler was right about the monsters. A beekeeper pulled tens of thousands of honeybees and more than 100 pounds of comb from her bedroom wall.
Trillions of Cicadas Last Seen When Thomas Jefferson Was President Swarmed the US, Then Brood XIV Followed
Environment
avril 2, 2024
Trillions of Cicadas Last Seen When Thomas Jefferson Was President Swarmed the US, Then Brood XIV Followed
Brood XIX and Brood XIII periodical cicadas co-emerged in 2024 for the first time since 1803. They overlapped in central Illinois. Brood XIV, the mother of the 17-year broods, then…
Florida Keys Released Oxitec’s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. The EPA Is Still Sitting on Commercial Use
AEGIS Videos
avril 28, 2021
Florida Keys Released Oxitec’s Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. The EPA Is Still Sitting on Commercial Use
Oxitec's OX5034 male Aedes aegypti trial in the Florida Keys ended in summer 2024. The EPA is still assessing commercial registration. The Keys also ran a Wolbachia male release in…