France to hold crisis meetings on bedbug ‘scourge’
By Sami ACEF with David COURBET in Marseille PARIS, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - The French government said Tuesday it…
3 years ago
insects
World seeing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of insects: study
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid…
7 years ago
Monarch butterfly population grew by 114 percent in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- The monarch butterfly population in Mexico has grown by 144 percent compared to last year. Despite…
7 years ago
Construction without coordination: how ants build megaprojects
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Leaf-cutter ants build super highways to transfer food and building materials…
7 years ago
Construction without coordination: how ants build megaprojects
by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Leaf-cutter ants build superhighways to transfer food and building materials…
7 years ago
Bolivian bees under threat from coca pesticides
by William WROBLEWSKI Agence France-Presse COROICO, Bolivia (AFP) -- High up in the Bolivian cloud forest, a woman tends to…
7 years ago
Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off ‘insect apocalypse’
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP)- Scientists in Finland have developed what they believe is the world's first vaccine to protect bees against disease, raising…
8 years ago
Ticked off: Tiny ‘dracula’ with a taste for dino blood
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Dinosaurs, the most fearsome creatures ever to walk the Earth,…
9 years ago
Paris’ urban rooftop hives hope to preserve honeybees
by Isabel Malsang and Solange Uwimana Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- To check the beehives he has set up…
9 years ago
Idle spiders’ epic sea journey from Africa to Australia: study
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A species of spider that usually travels no further than a few feet from where it…
9 years ago
Invasive insects cause tens of billions in damage: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Invasive insects cause at least $77 billion (69 billion euros) in damage every…
10 years ago
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