Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The sale of Habitat Home. Oh how I will miss Habitat Home! But a decision needed to be made. stay and love our new grandchild from afar or move and take along fond memories of Habitat Home. We have chosen to move closer to family. Wishing the new owners much happiness in their new home. 2 comments - click here to view or add comments. Monday, October 8, 2012.

Big discoveries of tiny new species in Illinois caves. Shown as a representative springtail not one of the new species. Four new cave-adapted springtail species from Illinois were described in a recent article by two INHS scientists published in the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. The new species Onychiurus pipistrellae.

Saturday, April 26, 2014. The ancient Romans dedicated April 25 to a festival called the Robigalia. It was celebrated with chariot races and a dog sacrifice. The dog had to be rust colored, as it was an offering to the gods to protect the cereal crops from rust, a group of plant diseases. Wheat leaf rust on an individual plant; note the raised, rust-colored pustules on the surface of the leaf. Wheat leaf rust in a severely infected field. Today the cities of Urbana an.