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Invasive tick species is expanding its reach in U.S., researchers say

Story by Erin Blakemore November 11, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Since 2017, researchers have watched as Asian longhorned ticks, an invasive species not usually found in the Western Hemisphere, have spread across the United States. Now, researchers are using the gruesome deaths of three cows in Ohio to sound the alarm about the parasitic […]

University of Kentucky Research: Human Skin Lipids Repel Bed Bugs

University of Kentucky entomology researchers have found that skin triglycerides, or lipids, prevent bed bugs from staying very long on human hosts. December 8, 2021 Posted by Brad Harbison LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky entomology researchers have found that skin triglycerides, or lipids, prevent bed bugs from staying very long on human hosts. Their […]

ABC Pest treats for termites at the Historic Zimmerman Library

Designed by John Gaw Meem, the original wing of Zimmerman Library was designed in Pueblo Revival style in 1938. The “West Wing” houses UNM Library’s Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections.  Since 2016 it is listed on the National Historical Register. In the Fall of 2019, Zimmerman Library staff took notice to hundreds of […]