Playgrounds honoring Newtown victims take shape
Six months after the school shooting in Newtown, 26 playgrounds are taking shape around the region, showcasing each of the victim's likes and ...
Canadian, nicknamed 'Black Widow,' pleads guilty
A Canadian woman nicknamed the "Black Widow" for her ability to persuade grieving widowers to marry her pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging a man she ...
Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen ...
Thailand urged to explore edible insect market
Researchers say Thailand is showing the world how to respond to the global food crisis: by raising bugs for eating. The United Nations' Food and ...
Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ...
Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be ...
UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world
The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted ...
East about to be overrun by billions of cicadas
Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects ...
NJ governor 'saves' children from spider
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren.
Feds: Many causes for dramatic bee disappearance
A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined ...
EU aims to better protect bees from pesticides
The European Union plans to restrict the use of three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations. The announcement Monday was cheered by ...
Beekeepers create buzz with UK Parliament protest
Scores of worried beekeepers — and a brace of fashionistas — have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back ...
Reptiles, insects, otter die in Scotland zoo fire
A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the ...
Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following
With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new ...
National beekeeper of year focuses on dying bees
A Utah man is trying to use his recognition as this year's national beekeeper of the year to focus attention on a major threat to the industry: colony ...
Wyo. power plant stalls 17 years, faces skepticism
In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that — once finished — was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and ...
Monarch butterflies drop ominously in Mexico
The number of Monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since ...
Caffeine shot in nectar: for bee memory, not buzz
Talk about a caffeine buzz: A new study says honeybees get a shot of caffeine from certain flowers, and it perks up their memory. That spurs them to ...
Plight of the American bumblebee: Disappearing?
It's not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest. Two new studies in Thursday's ...
Alaska state senator proposes bounty on sea otters
An Alaska state senator is proposing a bounty on sea otters, the cute little marine mammals often seen by tourists swimming on their backs between ...
New digs: Federal research chimps savor retirement
For the first time in their lives, four aging chimpanzees once used in federal research can go outside whenever they like. They can lie on the grass, ...
London 'Micrarium' aims to showcase tiny animals
They're minuscule, there are millions of them, and one museum manager says they're massively under-represented. Jack Ashby, who is in charge of the ...
Report: Warming bringing big changes to forests
Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods ...
Sandy's wake leaves shore birds in dire straits
When red knots descend on the beaches of Delaware Bay this spring famished from their marathon flight toward the Canadian Arctic from the tip of South ...
EU proposal to protect bees stirs hornets' nest
An attempt to protect Europe's bee population has kicked up a hornets' nest. On Thursday, the EU's commissioner for health and consumer policy, Tonio ...
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