Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

MapMart Becomes Reseller of OnTerra Systems’ MapSavvy Web Mapping Service To Provide Cost-effective Access To Bing Maps Images Needed For…

Land owners along Lake Ontario are concerned about a potential International Joint Commission plan which may allow water levels to reach higher highs and lower lows.

From May, 2011 episode 4 in this popular educational video series from Penn State Public Broadcasting a closer look at…

Lanham, MD; February 10, 2012 — The southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, is a chronic insect pest within pine forests in the southeastern United States. Under favorable environmental and host conditions, it is an aggressive, …

The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday held a nomination hearing for Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick to be the new Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., used the opportunity to press the…

Determining how clean a ship’s ballast water must be to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species is the goal of the latest research partnership between the Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GlinDailyNews-InvasiveSpecies/~4/Ng0tynsAP4k" height="1" width="1"/>

Beware the Northern snakehead. Beware the inland silverside. And beware a host of other invasive species prompting a recent report recommending spending billions to separate the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GlinDailyNews-InvasiveSpecies/~4/pMEOUWIU7IU" height="1" width="1"/>

Invasive species which have the potential to destroy biodiversity and influence global change could be tracked and controlled in the same way as wanted criminals, according to new research.

Lanham, MD; February 9, 2012 — The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire), an invasive insect from Asia which was first found in the U.S. in the 1990s, has since spread to 15 states and is responsible for the deaths of millions of ash tre…

This short video from ABC News shows how a golden cape was produced from the silk extracted from more than a million golden orb spiders from Madagascar. The cape took more than three years to make, and the golden color is from the natural color of…