Two more people were diagnosed with bird flu this week, even as scientists in Missouri continued to investigate a possible cluster of infections in that state, federal health officials said at a news briefing on Friday. In California, two farmworkers who were exposed to infected dairy cattle at different farms …
Read More »You Can Stand Under My Umbrella, if You’re an Egg-Laying Locust
It may seem like a hopeless place, but locusts find a way to breed in the scorching heat of the Sahara at midday. The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests. They devour agricultural crops in swarms that number in the billions and stretch …
Read More »Outrage in South Africa Over Farmers Accused of Feeding Slain Women to Pigs
The white-owned farm was well known to residents of a rural community in South Africa as a place where they could get discarded food. But when two Black women ventured onto the farm several weeks ago, they never made it back. The farm owner and two of his workers are …
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