Texas Couple Move to Woke Maine City to Escape Climate Change

Don’t reach for the bug spray: crickets stroke a sore antenna, as cues suggest insects feel pain

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.Associate Pr…

Texas couple move to woke Maine city to escape climate change

Shawn and Sara Good moved to leafy Little City in Bangor in late April to escape increasingly extreme weather including tornadoes and wildfires close to their previous home in Austin, Texas.

Once Insect-Free Iceland Now Sees Mosquitoes Amid Climate Change

Researchers have confirmed mosquitoes were detected just north of Reykjavik. The find officially ends Iceland’s status as the only Arctic nation without the biting insects.