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Culex quinquefasciatus Laying Eggs

No more big stink: scent lures mosquitoes, but humans can't smell it

Biology /

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Mosquito traps that reek like latrines may be no more. A University of California, Davis research team led by chemical ecologist Walter Leal has discovered a low-cost, easy-to-prepare attractant that lures ...





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Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed

Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters ...


Road losses add up, taxing amphibians and other animals

Road losses add up, taxing amphibians and other animals

Biology /

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

When frogs hit the road, many croak. Researchers found more than 65 animal species killed along a short stretch of roads in a Midwestern county. Nearly 95 percent of the total dead were frogs and other amphibians, ...



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