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Monster Cockroach Can Jump
Maureen O'Connor · 12/14/11 10:20AMWorld's Most Conscientious Internet User Asks: Is It OK to Kill Bugs?
Maureen O'Connor · 12/07/11 05:15PMRecord-Breaking Oklahoma Quake Causes Freaky Mass Bird, Bug Flight
Max Read · 11/06/11 09:05AMOklahoma got hit by a record-breaking 5.6-magnitude earthquake last night—its second in as many days—and while there were no injuries or major damages, it could be felt as far away as Wisconsin. And as if two earthquakes in Oklahoma wasn't end-days enough, here's a video from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That big green splotch? That's all the birds and bugs in the area taking to wing in numbers so big they got picked up by the radar. [NewsOK, radar graphics via NOAA]
Here Are the 'Hairy Crazy Ants' Invading the South
Max Read · 10/01/11 03:27PMAs Americans slowly masturbate their pudgy, formless bodies into oblivion, it has become increasingly clear that soon a new species will arise to fill the void once occupied by the only race to have set foot on the moon. And, lo, here is that species: The "Hairy Crazy Ant."
Nothing Can Stop the Nasty Beetle Invasion
Hamilton Nolan · 09/29/11 04:40PMGet Ready for the Stink Bug Plague!
Lauri Apple · 08/07/11 11:28PMNew Infinity Math Is So Over Your Head, Just Forget It
Hamilton Nolan · 08/01/11 04:36PM'Asexual' Ants Actually Total Whores
Hamilton Nolan · 07/19/11 04:26PMThis Manhattan Mailbox Has Been Completely Taken Over by Bees
Brian Moylan · 05/31/11 03:54PMThe sidewalk at Mulberry and Grand Streets near Little Italy was closed down for several hours today so that beekeepers could remove a swarm of bees that descended on a mailbox on the corner. Apparently this is a natural phenomenon that happens this time of year when hives get overcrowded. Well, just because it's natural doesn't mean it isn't creepy.
An Evil Movie Theater Conspiracy Is Ripping You Off
Ryan Tate · 05/23/11 03:04PMThere Are Not Bugs Crawling Under Your Skin, You're Just Crazy
Hamilton Nolan · 05/17/11 04:42PMBedbugs With Superbugs Discovered
Maureen O'Connor · 05/11/11 03:59PMBedbugs carrying a drug-resistant MRSA germ have been discovered in Vancouver. It's unclear whether the bedbugs can give the germ to humans—we might have even given it to them—but the story is pretty close to the platonic ideal for public health panics. (Needs more obesity.) It's a fractal of insidious bugs! Zoom in, zoom out, on the micro level, on the macro level: Bugs! A bugaboo of bugs, butt-ugly and bugging us until we bug out.