Population

Rubbish Crisis A frantic call came into the county sanitation office recently from Redondo Beach. A resident there, in placing some discarded clothing in a rubbish disposal bin, had included an old shoe containing $5,000. "Don't let them cover it up until...

California's population grew less than 1% in the last year, the slowest growth rate in more than a decade as migration to the state barely kept up with the significant number of people leaving, according to state Department of Finance......

Due to deforestation and poaching the tiger population has fallen over 40% in the past decade, which translates into just 3200 of them left in the wild, worldwide, mostly found in India. That's not a typo, there are but 3200 wild tigers left, period....

SALT LAKE CITY — A new program to pay farmers and ranchers to protect Utah prairie dogs on their land may help finally push the threatened animals off the endangered species list, according to organizers. About $400,000 in federal funds......

On a strip of California's Mojave Desert, two dozen rare tortoises could stand in the way of a sprawling solar-energy complex in a case that highlights mounting tensions between wilderness conservation and the nation's quest for cleaner power. Oakland,...

Keepers at London Zoo are counting more than sheep. Three giant Galapagos tortoises, a Komodo dragon and a critically endangered baby mangabey monkey are among the new residents at the central London zoo to be included in this year's annual......

by Mark Silva There is no "global war on terrorism.'' That's the first thing that Anthony Cordesman, a seasoned expert on national security, has to say about the failed Christmas Day bomb-attempt on a U.S.-bound airliner. Inasmuch as we've had......

Arthritis patients being treated with the drug rituximab should be given flu vaccinations immediately before treatment begins or several months later, but not in the first two months after treatment, Dutch researchers have found. The vaccine is not...

HONOLULU — The federal government said Tuesday it's considering placing on the endangered-species list a small population of dolphins that live near Hawaii and look similar to killer whales. Depending on the outcome, the review could affect the Hawaii-...

What would you ask Obama administration officials about the botched prevention of the Nigerian underwear botched bombing?...

New data released this week indicate H1N1 flu disproportionately struck the young and minorities in Los Angeles County, groups public health officials have vowed to increasingly target for vaccination. About 55% of patients hospitalized with H1N1 flu in...

A panel of three federal judges has approved a court-ordered plan submitted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to reduce overcrowding in California prisons, under a decision released today. Schwarzenegger has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn last...