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Police: Body, Ailing People Found Near Pest-Control Truck

Authorities in Florida are trying to figure out why a body was hidden in the back of a pesticide truck parked along an interstate in West Palm Beach. A father and his young son were found alive near the truck and suffering from exposure to a toxic chemical, police said. The case began to unfold early Monday, when...

Report: Goldman Sachs May Be Battling Bedbugs

(June 16) -- Employees of investment bank Goldman Sachs are used to being called "fat cats," thanks to their massive bonuses and relentlessly successful business. But now the firm may be dealing with a whole other critter problem. Some employees at the company's 42-story skyscraper in Jersey City, N.J., just across the...

After Attack on UK Babies, Foxes Seen as Red Menace

LONDON (June 8) -- The red fox has long divided public opinion in Britain. Many country dwellers view the animals as livestock-murdering vermin and enjoy hunting them down with packs of dogs. But a large section of the population has a deep respect for these canny critters -- who have learned to thrive in Britain's towns...

Study Says Cockroaches Exchange Food Tips

LONDON (June 5) -- Next time you raise your shoe to squish a cockroach, ponder this: You might be just about to kill the insect world's version of a Zagat restaurant reviewer. Because according to new research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, roaches behave like mini-restaurant critics, sharing...

Background on pest control

Pest control refers to the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest, usually because it is perceived to be detrimental to a person's health, the ecology or the economy.

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