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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Daniel Vezie, Integrated Pest Management coordinator at Maricopa Unified School District, looks at bug traps at Maricopa Wells Middle School on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (Photo by Rebecca Marie Sasnett / Arizona Sonora News Service)

New training to reduce pesticides in schools

APosegate April 21, 2015

Some are vacuumed. Some are swept. Others are crushed, baited or trapped. The rest are kept out with caulk, window screens, door sweeps or, as a last resort, sprayed with chemicals. In some schools,...

Ken MacNeil plays with a Boa Constrictor at Tucsons Exotic Pet Shop. He has been handling animals since he was a small boy.

Ken ‘The Bug Guy’ MacNeil Doesn’t See the ‘Ick Factor’

Giles Smith April 14, 2014

A scorpion hangs from Ken MacNeil’s scraggly beard, hidden in the tangled web of his whiskers. An invited guest, it explores its newly found playground. All of the bugs and crawly creatures in MacNeil’s...

Fixing the 'bugs' at the U.A.'s insect museum

Fixing the ‘bugs’ at the U.A.’s insect museum

Vianca Cao February 20, 2014

[KGVID width="640" height="360"]http://arizonasonorannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/UAIC-BUGS.mov[/KGVID] How do you keep track of more than two million bugs? “Very carefully,” said Dr. Wendy...

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