Madagascar Hissers & Mold

Have an allergy to Madagascar hissing cockroaches? Might be due to the mold species associated with the insect and feces, several of which are known allergens. (News source.)

Gecko Behavior

BBC's Life in Cold Blood series has been advertising various segments lately. The latest involves a day gecko "begging" for honeydew from a plant-hopper. It is an interesting behavioral partnership, though they don't know what the plant-hopper gets out of it. (Maybe the reassurance it won't get eaten...) (News source.)

Crazy Carl's Cricket Farm

A profile here, on a new New England cricket farm.

Beetle vs Snake

A Connecticut professor has discovered that a burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus, specifically parasitizes snake eggs. There are concerns because ratsnakes are declining in parts of the northeast. (News source.)