May 24, 2013

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive, WRAL, May 23, 2013. For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Yikes! Cockroaches Evolved to Avoid Sugary Baits

Yikes! Cockroaches Evolved to Avoid Sugary Baits, Yahoo!, May 23, 2013. In the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. A new study finds that roaches evolved their taste buds to make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison

Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison, CBS News, May 23, 2013. For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets, AlaskaDispatch.com, Thanks to natural selection, some cockroaches have rapidly evolved the ability to check out of Roach Motels. 

May 24, 2013

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria

Homes with dogs have more types of bacteria, Deccan Chronicle, Researchers have claimed that households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria – including those that are rarely found in the homes where dogs don’t reside. 

May 24, 2013

Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick: Laying Off the Sweets

Wily Cockroaches Find Another Survival Trick: Laying Off the Sweets, New York Times – Online, The, Everyone knows that cockroaches are the ultimate survivors, with enough evolutionary tricks up their carapaces to have thrived for 350 million years and to have completely adapted to the human species. 

May 24, 2013

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home

Dogs bring swarm of bacteria into your home, FOXNews.com, May 23, 2013. Your loyal pooch may be bringing a whole world of bacteria into your home but don’t panic. Rob Dunn, biology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study

Homes With Dogs Have More Types of Bacteria: Study, Medindia.com (or.net), Households that have dogs have more types of bacteria, finds recent study. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps, Newstrack India, Washington , Fri, 24 May 2013 Washington, May 24 (ANI): Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, a new study has found. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive, NorthJersey.com, For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches Evolve To Beat Roach Bait

Cockroaches Evolve To Beat Roach Bait, KWTX-TV – Online, NEW YORK (May 23, 2013)–Scientists have discovered how some cockroaches have evolved to resist sweet-tasting poison baits. 

May 24, 2013

Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar

Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar, ScienceDaily, May 23, 2013 — Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, especially to the ones that avoid roach baits. 

May 24, 2013

Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth

Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth, KYPost.com, Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. NEW YORK – If you think it’s hard to outsmart a cockroach, you’re right. Scientists have discovered how some of the 

May 24, 2013

How roaches developed disgust at first bite

How roaches developed disgust at first bite, Science News – Online, May 23, 2013. German cockroaches have fought back against bait traps that pair sugar with poison. Over time, the insects have developed taste cells that register sugar as disgusting. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches Can Sense Danger in sugar

Cockroaches Can Sense Danger in sugar, Naharnet.com, Cockroaches will eat anything. Except sugar, that is.