http://www.mail.com/subjects/1960-arthropods.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1960-arthropods.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106016-cockroaches-lose-sweet-tooth-to-survive.html NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory until they final... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106016-cockroaches-lose-sweet-tooth-to-survive.html 2013-05-23T18:06:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099814-thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market.html BANGKOK (AP) — Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization released a study and handbook Tuesday on what they call 'six-legged livestock' — edible bugs and worms that can help meet global food demand that is expected to grow 60 pe... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:22:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099814-thailand-urged-to-explore-edible-insect-market.html 2013-05-21T12:22:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095948-honeybees-trained-croatia-to-find-land-mines.html ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely heroes may be coming to the rescue to prevent similar tragedies: sugar-craving honeybees. Croatian researchers a... Sun, 19 May 2013 11:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095948-honeybees-trained-croatia-to-find-land-mines.html 2013-05-19T11:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef. Lai, owner of Miya's Sushi, tells the New Haven Register (http://bit.ly/16eNZfy ) that he plans to fill a big freezer full of Brood II cicadas, once the... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:19:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087000-conn-chef-set-to-feast-cicadas-invasion.html 2013-05-15T15:19:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081864-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html ROME (AP) — The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the U.N., they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creatin... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:14:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2081864-un-eat-insects-good-you-good-world.html 2013-05-13T15:14:46Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more. Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Br... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:24:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html 2013-05-07T07:24:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066502-nj-governor-saves-children-spider.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren. The students spotted the arachnid near the governor's phone on Friday. Speaking softly, Christie gave the spider a smack down. The governor told the students that one fun part of being g... Mon, 06 May 2013 17:45:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066502-nj-governor-saves-children-spider.html 2013-05-06T17:45:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058558-feds-dramatic-bee-disappearance.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder to do something about what's called c... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:43:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058558-feds-dramatic-bee-disappearance.html 2013-05-02T19:43:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050936-eu-aims-to-better-protect-bees-pesticides.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to restrict the use of three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations. The announcement Monday was cheered by environmentalists, disappointed chemical companies and came after the bloc's 27 nations failed to agree on a common stand. EU Consumer Commissioner Tonio Borg said his agency will override the... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:06:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2050936-eu-aims-to-better-protect-bees-pesticides.html 2013-04-29T16:06:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046630-beekeepers-create-buzz-with-uk-parliament-protest.html LONDON (AP) — Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back a ban on pesticides that have been blamed for a worrying drop in bee populations. The demonstrators say they hope to influence Britain's vote next week on a proposed European Union ban on some pe... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:37:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2046630-beekeepers-create-buzz-with-uk-parliament-protest.html 2013-04-26T13:37:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018720-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html LONDON (AP) — A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the zoo's tropical house and was fought by some 50 firefighters. Visitor services worker Lesley Coupar said the fire was "the worst nightmare" because the zoo is owned and staffed by animal lovers... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:59:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2018720-reptiles-insects-otter-die-scotland-zoo-fire.html 2013-04-14T15:59:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011818-wild-unregulated-hacker-currency-gains.html LONDON (AP) — With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of money — a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike through stomach-churning highs and lows. The Argentine software developer was dealing in bitcoins —... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:57:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2011818-wild-unregulated-hacker-currency-gains.html 2013-04-11T11:57:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002950-national-beekeeper-year-focuses-dying-bees.html LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man is trying to use his recognition as this year's national beekeeper of the year to focus attention on a major threat to the industry: colony collapse disorder. Darren Cox of Cache County, who has 5,000 hives in Utah, California and Wyoming, received the award from the American Honey Producers Association earlier this year. He ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 21:10:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2002950-national-beekeeper-year-focuses-dying-bees.html 2013-04-06T21:10:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) — In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that — once finished — was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and support dozens of full-time jobs on the rolling prairie of northeast Wyoming. Megawatts from the Two Elk Energy Park originally were supposed to begin flowing back when Bill Clinton was ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:21:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html 2013-03-30T18:21:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953510-monarch-butterflies-drop-ominously-mexico.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday. It was the third straight year of declines for the orange-and-black butterflies that migrate from the United States and ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:25:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953510-monarch-butterflies-drop-ominously-mexico.html 2013-03-14T04:25:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938896-caffeine-shot-nectar-bee-memory-buzz.html NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a caffeine buzz: A new study says honeybees get a shot of caffeine from certain flowers, and it perks up their memory. That spurs them to return to the same type of plant, boosting its prospects for pollination and the future of the plant species. Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that one of the flowers is the coffee plant. Its ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:20:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938896-caffeine-shot-nectar-bee-memory-buzz.html 2013-03-07T19:20:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923150-plight-american-bumblebee-disappearing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest. Two new studies in Thursday's journal Science conclude that wild bees, like the American bumblebee, are increasingly important in pollinating flowers and crops that provide us with food. And, at least in the Midwest, they s... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:14:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1923150-plight-american-bumblebee-disappearing.html 2013-02-28T23:14:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906578-alaska-senator-proposes-bounty-sea-otters.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska state senator is proposing a bounty on sea otters, the cute little marine mammals often seen by tourists swimming on their backs between cruise ships, sometimes munching on a fresh crab or clams. Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, sees the furry-faced critters as a growing threat to shellfish beds, particularly in southeast Alaska... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:26:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1906578-alaska-senator-proposes-bounty-sea-otters.html 2013-02-21T20:26:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1902678-digs-federal-chimps-savor-retirement.html KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) — For the first time in their lives, four aging chimpanzees once used in federal research can go outside whenever they like. They can lie on the grass, clamber onto a platform 20 feet up on a chimp-style jungle gym and gaze freely at the open sky, the vista unbroken by steel bars. Fifty-two-year-olds Julius and Sandy, 46-year-old Phyl... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:17:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1902678-digs-federal-chimps-savor-retirement.html 2013-02-20T10:17:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1875144-london-micrarium-aims-to-showcase-tiny-animals.html LONDON (AP) — They're minuscule, there are millions of them, and one museum manager says they're massively under-represented. Jack Ashby, who is in charge of the Grant Museum of Zoology in central London, said Thursday he is trying to give dragonfly nymphs, tortoise mites, and sea spiders the attention they deserve, unveiling a "Micrarium" devoted to some... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1875144-london-micrarium-aims-to-showcase-tiny-animals.html 2013-02-07T15:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warns in a report released Tuesday. The compilation of more than 1,000 scientific studies is part of the National Climate Assessment an... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1870886-report-warming-bringing-big-changes-to-forests.html 2013-02-05T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1864012-sandys-wake-leaves-shore-birds-dire-straits.html When red knots descend on the beaches of Delaware Bay this spring famished from their marathon flight toward the Canadian Arctic from the tip of South America, the rosy-breasted shorebirds may find slim pickings instead of the feast of horseshoe crab eggs they count on to fuel the rest of their migration. Superstorm Sandy scrubbed away almost all the sand... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1864012-sandys-wake-leaves-shore-birds-dire-straits.html 2013-02-02T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858904-eu-proposal-to-protect-bees-stirs-hornets-nest.html BRUSSELS (AP) — An attempt to protect Europe's bee population has kicked up a hornets' nest. On Thursday, the EU's commissioner for health and consumer policy, Tonio Borg, proposed to restrict the use of three pesticides — called nenicotinoids — to crops to which bees are not attracted. The three pesticides were clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858904-eu-proposal-to-protect-bees-stirs-hornets-nest.html 2013-01-31T14:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1809682-smart-potty-dumb-idea-wacky-gadgets-ces.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some of the weirdest gadgets at the International CES show are designed to solve problems you never knew you had. Are you eating too fast? A digital fork will let you know. Is your toddler having trouble sitting still on the potty? Let the iPotty come to the rescue. Are you bored driving to work in a four-wheeled vehicle? Climb inside a 1,600-pound mechanica... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1809682-smart-potty-dumb-idea-wacky-gadgets-ces.html 2013-01-10T05:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797278-zoo-count-begins-creature-too-small-to-count.html LONDON (AP) — In a sea of flapping black and white flippers, Ricky is hard to miss: He's got spiky yellow feathers, a flamboyant character, and he's the only rockhopper among the dozens of penguins living in the London Zoo. That's a big help for keepers who embarked Thursday on their annual stock-taking of all the zoo's residents. It's no easy task, when ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1797278-zoo-count-begins-creature-too-small-to-count.html 2013-01-03T16:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733312-study-tree-growth-rings-lobster-age.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old lobsters can live to be; some people estimate they live to more than 100. But knowing — rather than simply guessing — their age and that of other shellfish could help scientists better unde... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1733312-study-tree-growth-rings-lobster-age.html 2012-11-30T07:42:00Z