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Long, brutal winter staves off hordes of mosquitoes

EDMONTON—If Edmonton’s long winter was good for one thing, it was keeping mosquitoes away. Mike Jenkins, Edmonton’s biological sciences technician, said since the city was frozen over for most of ... read more

Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Keep Dengue Fever Away From Key West?

This is the modern frontline of the war on mosquitoes — an epic, centuries-long struggle between mankind and nature ... bundling up in overcoats despite the sweltering heat to stave off bites. In ... read more

Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?

he says, then adds, laughing, "Then come GM mosquitoes." As dusk settles over the hordes of sun-soaked tourists lumbering ... bundling up in overcoats despite the sweltering heat to stave off bites. ... read more

For Environmentalists, Mines Near Wilderness Are Too Close For Comfort

Amy and Dave Freeman are willing to risk brutal winters, thin ice and hordes of hungry mosquitoes to ... so used to just that. Off you go! All of that," Amy says. This year will not be without its ... read more

The good, bad and ugly sides to African safaris

There’s a much better chance of seeing wildlife in the dry season (generally the winter and spring months of June ... of packed lunches to the baboons – as long as no one is looking – and detour ... read more

IN PRAISE OF WASPS

It is only in late autumn or winter that the nests are easily seen in bare branches. People are often surprised just how close at hand a wasp nest was all summer long when they ... Many queens die off ... read more

Welcome to Pleistocene Park

The undergrowth glowed green, and the air hung heavy with mosquitoes ... aurora-filled sky of the Arctic winter, untroubled by skin-peeling, 70-below winds. Nikita wants to bring hordes of musk oxen ... read more

The triumph of fantasy fiction

In the land of Westeros, a chivalric yet brutal pre-industrial world ... but then improbably staves off, the triumph of darkness. Martin’s still endless epic sees bad things in the future (“Winter is ... read more

Jerusalem Maiden, by Talia Carner

Her heart still struggling to escape its confinement, Esther whispered a prayer of thanks and then fumbled for the amulet in her pocket to stave off ... start of winter; those who got accustomed to ... read more