LOS ANGELES -- The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities -- until they ...
LOS ANGELES -- In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time -- and, like any proper supervillain, can send humans screaming from a room.
Now ...
LOS ANGELES -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dropped by JPL on Thursday to outline the agency's plans to capture an asteroid, and to look at a model of a powerful new ion thruster that has enough strength to drag a space rock into orbit around...
LOS ANGELES -- Here's a scientific finding that may knock you off your feet: At least 80 types of fungi reside on a typical person's heel, along with 60 between the toes and 40 on the toenail.
Altogether, the feet are home to more than 100 types ...
PASADENA, Calif. -- It's been seven years since Fox canceled the Emmy-winning comedy series "Arrested Development."
Its fan base might have been small, but it has remained vocal. Fans of the series, about the dysfunctional Bluth family, have ...
BALTIMORE--Some of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States.
In what they say is the first analysis of its kind, ...