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In Africa, using ants and termites to increase crop yields

Researchers are confirming what African farmers already know: Termites and ants can be used to increase soil fertility and crop yields.
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Would thick-skinned tomatoes deter stink bugs?

Residents of the mid-Atlantic states would do almost anything to be rid of stink bugs in the house and in the garden, where they damage tomatoes and other veggies and fruits.
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Under assault by stink bugs

The mid-Atlantic states have seen an invasion of stink bugs that's only getting worse because the Asian pest has no enemies in the U.S. Gardeners and homeowners sometimes feel under assault.
Study: Eating bugs could reduce global warming

For much of the world, eating insects — officially called entomophagy — is neither strange nor disgusting nor exotic.
Bed bug summit: solution to infestations 'not rocket science'

A National Bed Bug Summit in Washington seeks to make headway against bed bug infestations across the US. The new approach: integrated pest management.
Blackbird mystery deepens: more birds fall from sky in Louisiana

Just days after more than 1,000 birds fall from the sky over Beebe, Ark., another batch of blackbirds has dropped in Pointe Coupee Parish, La. What's going on?
Bedbugs and prayer

A Christian Science perspective.
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Bed bugs: Victoria's Secret closure points to a bed bug comeback

Bed bugs temporarily shuttered a Victoria’s Secret and an Abercrombie and Fitch in New York this month – the latest sign of bed bugs' comeback after being nearly eradicated in the 1950s.
Bed bugs on the increase in Illinois but lack of DDT makes it hard to control

Bed bugs are an increasing problem in Illinois, say exterminators. Lack of chemicals to battle back against the bed bugs are the issue, exterminators say.
The bedbug can breathe easy in Ohio; Feds won't OK bedbug killer

The bedbug might be dodging a bullet. The federal government has denied a request to use industrial pesticides to kill bedbugs.
In Haiti, international relief targets rats and bugs

Large pest control businesses like Terminix and Orkin are part of an international relief effort to improve sanitation in Haiti refugee camps and stop the spread of potentially dangerous pests.
In Pictures: Insect swarms