pests

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Researchers emphasize the need for additional molecular and DNA-based studies to better understand its evolutionary background, trace its geographic origins, and measure its full impact as a natural controller of urban pests.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Major citations were issued in 33 instances in which rodents or other pests were detected where food was stored, prepared or served.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

These wild species often have useful genes that make them resistant to pests and pathogens that the agriculturally bred species have lost.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Participants also are frequently barred from bringing in outside food, to keep from attracting roaches, mice and other pests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Not all the invaders were such obvious pests, though.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann