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Termites and Historic Preservation

By Alison Laurence, Sarah Waits & University of New Orleans History Department
While termites have lived and thrived in the world for over two hundred million years, the truly destructive subterranean Formosan termites did not arrive in New Orleans until after World War II,…

Mosquitoes and Yellow Fever

By Alison Laurence & Sarah Waits
As you stand in front of the fountain in Jackson Square or walk through the French Quarter peering into courtyards and hearing the faint trickle and splash of a fountain, think about the bugs that…

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