The remains of 3,500-year-old rice were recently found in Guam — making it the earliest known evidence of rice in Remote Oceania.

UCLA women's softball star Megan Grant will play basketball as well in her senior year. The news was announced on the Bruins' Instagram page on Friday, which generated reactions from followers, ...

JOLANDA DI SAVOIA, Italy — An unusual pest is ravaging crops and irking farmers in northeastern Italy: the flamingo.

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as ...

The 49ers have won five Super Bowls and have a proud, rich history of success since kicking off their time in the NFL.

California's high school sports league made a major rule change to its upcoming girls' track and field state championship for the second day in a row.

In 1991, the state of California largely banned burning of rice straw after harvest, and farmers turned instead to winter flooding of fields to break down straw. As a result, wildlife has flourished ...

Small bugs in California rice fields are making a huge impact for salmon For decades, the number of salmon in the river has sharply dropped, but now scientists believe they just might have a ...

Thousands of small bugs called zooplankton were growing in that water from the bacteria in the excess rice straw. "These bugs are the liquid gold for fish," Katz added.

This winter, 25,000 acres of rice fields in California produced 147,500 pounds of food for juvenile Chinook salmon, aiding their migration in the Sacramento River.