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Up to 10,000 Yosemite visitors at risk of virus

By TRACIE CONE Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park officials confirmed Friday as rangers handled … Continue reading

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Everglades python swallows 76-pound deer

That had to cause a belly ache. A nearly 16-foot Burmese python swallowed an adult deer in the Everglades. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, contractors for the South Florida Water Management District found the bulging python on a tree … Continue reading

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Museum launches streaming video of bat house

  By Nathan Crabbe Staff writer   The University of Florida’s bats are ready for their close-up. Just in time for Halloween, the Florida Museum of Natural History has launched 24-hour streaming videos of the bats living inside the UF … Continue reading

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White-nose syndrome taking bite out of bat populations

Bay Naturalist / By Kathy Reshetiloff Bats. Just the word makes some people cringe. Despite what movies, television and literature would have us believe, bats are not terrors of the night. One of the most misunderstood and maligned animals, bats … Continue reading

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10 Most Poisonous Spiders on Earth

Written by Michele Collet   Photo: graftedno1 Whether crawling on eight legs along their webs or scurrying from their dens – ready to pounce and kill anything that they wish to eat – spiders can be the stuff of nightmares. … Continue reading

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Rats make nest in car’s engine

Sarah Scopelianos |  June 1, 2011 GOT rodents problems? Spare a thought for the bloke in Ararat who was found with rats under the bonnet of his car during a roadworthy check. Police were stunned to make the discovery last week. … Continue reading

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Rats!

Remodeling in the East Bay From dirt to doorknobs It’s a rare attic or crawlspace where we see no evidence of these nasty critters. It seems like they climb, swim, dig, or chew their way into our houses no matter … Continue reading

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Village of the Damaged

Those cute little creatures that share our living space here on earth are quite good at damaging our world in places not normally noticed. maybe its just their way of pay back.  Pecking Creatures In the pictures below, birds have been … Continue reading

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Northern Manhattan Subway Riders Say Rats Abound

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Marcus Yam/The New York Times The rats are downtown, too: Fulton Street in Manhattan in June. Rodents, the traditional scourge of New York City, are having a rough year. The rise of the bedbug seems to … Continue reading

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Tale of the Headless Dragonfly: Ancient Struggle, Preserved in Amber

In a short, violent battle that could have happened somewhere this afternoon, the lizard made a fast lunge at the dragonfly, bit its head off and turned to run away. Lunch was served. Headless dragonfly. This ancient species of dragonfly … Continue reading

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