Brown Widow Spiders and Oil-based Pesticides

In 2012, researchers at the University of California, Riverside discovered that brown widow spiders – less venomous than their black widow cousins, but still plenty venomous – have begun taking over Southern California, and are quickly making their way north and into...

Fighting West Nile Virus in California

It’s been a rough year in California as far as the West Nile virus is concerned. At this point in 2015, at least 28 people have died in the Golden State from West Nile. The debilitating neurological disease is contracted through mosquito bites. While many people...