POPULAR MECHANICS - Earth was a vastly different planet 2.4 billion years ago. Shrouded in a haze of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor, its atmosphere was more similar to that of Saturn’s moon ...

An invader from South America The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is native to the Paraná River basin in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It was first detected in the United States in ...

Retired UC Riverside entomologist Rick S. Vetter adds that juveniles can have red dots or white stripes. Their egg sacs can also indicate whether you’re looking at a black widow—they’re typically ...

NEWSWEEK - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Pitaloza Arriba, Panama, on Friday. Earlier estimates placed the magnitude between 7.6 and 8 and ...

Graduate students looking to pursue an advanced degree through the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences have an opportunity to work with and learn from some of the top minds in their fields.

KTLA 5 LOS ANGELES - Scientists at the University of California-Riverside have developed a way to identify where the biggest earthquakes are likely to occur. UC Riverside researchers say that their ...

NEWSWEEK - Breathing in lingering, secondhand e-cigarette vapors has the potential to damage lung tissues. This is the warning of a new study by researchers from the University of California Riverside ...

For community college students considering a future in science, spending a day in a university research laboratory can help them see what that future might look like. This fall, UC Riverside's ...

REAL SIMPLE - Flipping on a light and finding an invasion of silverfish in your bathroom or kitchen can be startling. With their silvery-metallic scales and fishlike movements scurrying along the ...

ENTOMOLOGY TODAY - In southern California, subterranean termites in the genus Reticulitermes are a common scourge, responsible for significant economic damage in that part of the state. Early studies ...