Fruit Flies, Spiders and Genetic Iron-Knee Scientists searching for an explanation for why some spiders have longer legs than others have stumbled upon a gene they believe explains how knees developed in Earth's earliest creatures. Even more interesting is the fact that the knee gene, comically labeled the dachshund gene, did not produce knees in the ancient fruit flies in which it first appeared but mutated in spiders to produce the leg joints that give them their incredible mobility. The research was conducted by scientists with the G�ttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences in Germany, who published their findings in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution

Christmas Tree Critters What would Christmas be without a Christmas tree? You can't possibly celebrate this holiday without going through the ritual of stringing lights around your tree and hanging decorative bulbs and perhaps some popcorn. But resting at the very center of this happy holiday tradition are thousands of insect. Researchers have found that as many as 25,000 insects such as mites, moths, spiders, and bark lice may be inhabiting your Christmas tree

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Killing Two Birds With One Stone Corn farmers have a new option for defending their crops against nasty predators. FMC has announced the launch of a new product that is both an insecticide and a fungicide, called Ethos XB

Fire Ants Love to Dig

Six New Ant Species Part of Famous Vampire Family

Killer Hornets You might want to be careful where you step next time you're out camping. 60-year-old Warren Brown was out camping at the Kittitas County campsite when he was stung by hornets

Mealworms Doing Their Part to Save the Planet You know all that unrecyclable stuff you have to throw away that ends up going to a landfill so it can pollute our earth by sitting there for a million years? Well, as it turns out, a new solution has arisen to this problem in the form of mealworms. While they may seem gross and you might feel the need to quickly step away at the sight of one, these guys have secret super powers that just might help save this planet. Researchers have found that mealworms can biodegrade Styrofoam and other plastics

Mosquito Mortalities It's time to start getting serious about mosquitos this year. The spread of West Nile virus