Swarms of genetically modified mosquitos are about to be released in the US [BGR, 2022]

Title:

Swarms of genetically modified mosquitos are about to be released in the US

 

Author:

Joshua Hawkins

 

Published:

BGR, 10 March 2022

https://bgr.com/science/2-billion-genetically-modified-mosquitos-are-about-to-be-released-in-the-us/

 

From the article:

Scientists have been playing god with mosquitos for a couple of years now. In 2020, British company Oxitec received approval to start releasing up to 750 million lab-modified mosquitos in Florida over the course of two years, starting in 2021. Now, the company is gearing up to release another swarm of genetically modified mosquitos across more of Florida and in California as well.

Shape-shifting fish that confounded scientists for 100 years spotted off California coast [LiveScience, August 2021]

Title:

Shape-shifting fish that confounded scientists for 100 years spotted off California coast

 

Author:

Ben Turner

 

Published:

LiveScience, 12 August 2021

https://www.livescience.com/weird-deep-whalefish-spotted.html

 

From the article:

The bright orange, female whalefish (of the order Cetomimiformes) was spotted half-swimming, half-gliding through the glare of submarine's lights around 6,600 feet (2,013 meters) deep offshore of Monterey Bay, California. The whalefish sighting was one of only 18 made by marine biologists from The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute during 34 years of deep-sea exploration.