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Are fireflies flickering out?

Edit CNN 31 Jul 2016
(CNN)We're well past the Fourth of July, but my dreams are still illuminated by the spectacles of two summertime icons. fireworks and fireflies. Strikingly juxtaposed, one light show explodes boisterously, so full of crackle and boom, while the other sparkles in eerie silence ... Photos ... Hide Caption ... ... The systemic herbicide 2,4 --D is used to kill broad-leafed weeds, yet it's also toxic to earthworms, a dietary staple for baby fireflies ... ....

Paul Rogers: Dig they won't with these tips

Edit Worcester Telegram 29 Jul 2016
“Squirrels or cats or some other beasties overnight are digging up my newly planted transplants. They don’t eat them, they just leave them on the ground surface. What can I do?”Animals are attracted to freshly dug soil. I don’t know if they think that you buried something tasty or are simply curious. Do, however, add skunks to the list of possible diggers. They would be looking for grubs or earthworms ... ....

New approach for environmental test on livestock drugs (University of Zürich)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jul 2016
(Source ... Earthworms compensate for loss of coprophilous insects ... earthworms and springtails living in the ground underneath the cowpats were not notably affected, and a parallel test ultimately revealed that dung degradation was not significantly impaired. 'Evidently, beneficial organisms not affected as much by the drug, such as earthworms, were apparently able to compensate for the loss of other organisms,' sums up Blanckenhorn ... DOI....

Over 100 cases of water contamination reported across city

Edit DNA India 26 Jul 2016
--> Kunal Chonkar . Tue, 26 Jul 2016-08.05am , dna. Water contamination continues to spread rapidly throughout the city. As per the latest data available with the civic body, there were 124 cases of water contamination in the past 24 days ... Complaints were also growing viciously in Andheri region with several residents complaining of different-colored water and even reported incidents of earthworms flowing from tap water ... Kunal Chonkar. ....

James and the Giant Peach (Aberystwyth University)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jul 2016
(Source. Aberystwyth University). 26 July 2016. Tonight (Tuesday 26 July) marks the opening night of the first of Aberystwyth Arts Centre's spectacular summer shows for 2016. With performances through to Sunday 31 July, James and the Giant Peach is suitable for all the family. Roald Dahl's classic tale follows the adventurous young James and his friends - Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm ... (noodl....

This article will make you want to wash your hands

Edit The Guardian 26 Jul 2016
The Edwardians used repulsive images of flies on food, faeces and vomit to raise awareness of how the insects spread killer diseases. The campaign saved many lives. Could disgust be used to promote better hygiene today? ... It has been demonstrated that some people have a disgust response not just to earthworms and spoiled milk but to those who are sick, elderly or disabled ... You are walking barefoot on concrete and you step on an earthworm....

Marni Nixon: Hollywood's 'invisible voice' dies aged 86

Edit BBC News 25 Jul 2016
Marni Nixon, known as Hollywood's "invisible voice", has died aged 86. The singer appeared, uncredited, on many of the biggest movie musicals of all time - dubbing the voices for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. She also sang the high notes for Marilyn Monroe in Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend; and "ghosted" Natalie Wood's vocals on West Side Story ... "Kids at school called me Mac-Earthworm," she said....

Here are the best retro console revivals

Edit TechRadar 25 Jul 2016
Introduction. When it comes to gaming, the past was a simpler time. You bought your console, paid for your games, and then you sat down and played them. No online multiplayer, no downloadable content, no guides to spoil all the fun, and no patches to get in the way of you playing. Sounds nice, doesn't it? ... Acting as Sega's competitor to Nintendo's SNES, the console was home to such classics as Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Earthworm Jim ... ....

Why the island of Luzon is so special (Anglia Ruskin University)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jul 2016
(Source. Anglia Ruskin University). Published. 18 July 2016 at 14.00. VIEWPOINT. Ben Garrod looks at the Philippines island with the world's greatest concentration of unique mammals. by Ben Garrod, Anglia Ruskin University ... Luzon laboratory ... From unusual mice that mainly hunt and eat earthworms, to other rodents with long elegant whiskers stretching the entire length of their bodies, Luzon is an incredible example of island evolution ... (noodl....

Long-whiskered tree mice lead Philippines biodiversity claim

Edit Arabnews 18 Jul 2016
Twenty-eight new species of cloud rats and earthworm-eating mice have been discovered by US and Filipino scientists in a 15-year study, boosting the number of non-flying mammal species on Luzon to 56, the Chicago Field Museum said in a statement released Friday ... their ankles, and five mice species that look like shrews and feed mainly on earthworms....

This island in the Philippines has the world’s greatest concentration of unique animals

Edit Business Insider 18 Jul 2016
DiegoMariottini/Shutterstock. We’re taught that evolution is all about “survival of the fittest”. But that’s not always the case. In fact, sometimes evolution can be the result of a lucky animal finding “any port in a storm” ... Luzon laboratory ... From unusual mice that mainly hunt and eat earthworms, to other rodents with long elegant whiskers stretching the entire length of their bodies, Luzon is an incredible example of island evolution ... ....

Single Philippines island home to greatest collection of unique mammal species

Edit Belfast Telegraph 15 Jul 2016
A single island in the Philippines contains the world's greatest collection of unique mammal species, scientists have discovered. Of 56 non-flying mammals now known to live on Luzon island, 52 are found nowhere else on Earth. Share Go To. Researchers only realised the importance of Luzon after identifying 28 new species there during a 15-year study ... Five other mouse species look like shrews and feed chiefly on earthworms ... ....

United Utilities and contractors fined almost £1m for polluting brook with corrosive bleach (The Environment Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jul 2016
(Source. The Environment Agency). United Utilities Water Limited (UU) has been fined £600,000 and its contractor, KMI+ £333,000 at Bolton Crown Court on Friday 24 June 2016 after pleading guilty to polluting a brook ... A 1.7km stretch of the brook leading towards Jumbles Reservoir was so badly polluted that virtually all aquatic organisms, including fish, shrimp and earthworms were killed ... (noodl. 34560467) ....
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