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In 1875, a series of locust swarms the size of California ripped through the Western frontierBlotting out the sun and causing the modern equivalent of $4 billion in damages, major

If any of your professors/advisors ever give you this advice, please remember that many students are dependent on tools/techniques which were readily available in the 1980s.We can use @Stylopidae's dissertation

DDT is an incredibly potent and environmentally damaging insecticide, banned in the US since 1972, but is still used in mosquito control.In 1979, the small Brazillian town of Floresta, after

When the first white settlers arrived in Montana, the native Salish people warned them to not settle the West side of the Bitterroot River.Ignoring these warnings, a small group of

We meant to do a #FF on Friday, but since things got a bit busy, we had to postpone it today.If you really like bugs, and want to follow more

Here's something which is going around Twitter-and I'm going to break with my colleagues here.This is not a difficult concept, it's a question which is worded in a way which