The Indian Stick Insect As A Pet

Stick insects have several names. First of all the order to which they belong is known as either Phasmatodea or Phasmida. Then they are called stick insects in Europe and Australasia, but walking sticks or stick-bugs in America and Canada. Some also get called phasmids, leaf insects and ghost insects. [...]

West Nile Virus And Mosquitoes

It came as a huge shock to the health department in New York in August 1999, that they were facing an epidemic of West Nile Virus in the capital city of the United States. This is not remarkable, because it was the first time that WNV had been encountered in the USA. [...]