Monthly Archives: July 2020

Team discovers manipulative qualities of fungus-infected flyers

Brian Lovett, study co-author and postdoctoral researcher at the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. Credit: Angie Macías According to research led by the University of West Virginia, cicadas infected with the parasitic fungus Massospora unwittingly perform tricks on their fellow insects, resulting in effective transmission of …

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Manfred responds to Marlins COVID outbreak

The official MLB version of the coronavirus outbreak in the Miami Marlins? It is not a “nightmare”. Commissioner Rob Manfred spoke publicly Monday night for the first time since the Marlins outbreak took over the baseball news cycle. He said MLB was expecting positive evidence and believes that the league’s …

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