House flies (Diptera: Muscidae) are scavengers that feed on human and animal feces, garbage, and food waste. A house fly feeds by regurgitating the liquid contents of its crop onto the surface of its food. While feeding, disease-causing bacteria such as Shigella or E. coli may be transferred from the fly’s crop to food in […]
Nova Scotia, Canada is home to the Apple Biodiversity Collection in the Annapolis Vally. In this Apple Biodiversity Collection, you can find trees that are unusually tall and narrow like the ones known as Kandil Sinap, which are found in the Black Sea region and many other tree varieties. The collection has more than 1,000 […]
California has been on a continuous challenge to try and make air quality better, California is trying to become the first U.S. state to make fossil-fueled furnaces and water heaters less prevalent. Under a proposal approved by the California Air Resources Board Thursday, California voted to ban the purchasing of any natural gas-powered space heaters […]
