What changes in temperature mean for Africa's tsetse fly: Tsetse flies can pass on African sleeping sickness. ShutterstockIn a world of changing climate, would nature’s insect “vampire”, the tsetse fly, perish or change its hunting ground? Like vampire bats, tsetse flies survive solely on the blood of vertebrate animals. Unlike bats, they hunt almost exclusively during the … [Read more...] about What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly | The Conversation
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IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies
IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies: Burkina Faso today inaugurated the largest insect rearing facility in West Africa to apply a nuclear technique to suppress the tsetse fly, an insect harmful to both humans and animals. The plant was built with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture … [Read more...] about IAEA Helps Burkina Faso Scale Up Fight Against Tsetse Flies
