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Deep within a 2,600-acre private reserve in Ecuador, Mashpi Lodge opened in April with 22 rooms and suites providing visitors a private sanctuary for nature hikes or for simply observing the flora and fauna of a vast ecosystem. About two and a half hours northwest of Quito, the lodge is ...

You can almost hear the law of unintended consequences at work among the flora and fauna of northwestern New Mexico. [More]

Excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., from Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us , by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman. Copyright