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Ponds: Where science and serenity meet

Chicago Tribune - United States
Dragonflies flitting over a quiet pond in the midday heat. A classic rural scene of summer, no?
Actually, no. Classic, yes, but not just rural. The city and its environs have plenty of ponds, or pond equivalents, with the attendant dragonflies and other pond denizens.
Ponds: Where science and serenity meet

First degree in beekeeping

Daily Mail - UK
The first degree in beekeeping is being offered by Sussex University.
Students will learn the skills of caring for the insects and harvesting honey, which date back 3,000 years, for a BSc.
University creates a buzz with first degree in beekeeping

Foreign bugs to help kill invasive plants

Chicago Tribune - United States
Across the Midwest, scientists are fighting an invasion of exotic, fast-spreading plants with imported insects that have one simple mission: Eat and destroy.
Scientists research foreign bugs to help kill invasive plants in Midwest

It’s not us versus ‘Them!’ at insect events

Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA
When did insects and spiders get so popular? Did they just coat tail the astonishing success of reptiles and amphibians?
It’s not us versus ‘Them!’ at insect events

Tiny treasures

Sunderland Echo - Sunderland,England,UK
There are thousands of creepy crawlies scurrying around beneath your feet. As this week is National Insect Week, we took a closer look.
Tiny treasures

National Insect Week

BBC Berkshire - UK
Find out more about our six-legged friends in a week dedicated to all insects great and small. Nature expert Jason Ball takes us through the events taking place in Berkshire.
National Insect Week

Insects inscribe

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A professor picked up a wood fragment with the word “Mohammed” traced on it in Arabic by bugs.
Scholar sees sign in bark inscribed by insects

Japanese ‘vampire’ bugs to curb UK weed

Scotsman - United Kingdom
TINY sap-sucking bugs from Japan might be let out into the wild in this country to wage war on a devastating weed that is growing out of control.
Japanese ‘vampire’ bugs to curb UK weed

Artist, educator team up to teach about insects

Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Jessa Huebing-Reitinger’s eyes focus on a microscope, taking in detailed information.
With paintbrush in hand, she adds a speck of yellow to the green wings of a Luna moth that she has nicknamed Wilbur.
Artist, educator team up to teach about insects

NW Afghanistan hit by plague of locusts

Reuters - USA
Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the insects.
Afghan northwest hit by plague of locusts