The lost Ladybug project is a citizen science that relies on the public to scout for native ladybugs, such as the nine spotted received in Ellicottville. Volunteers across the country look for ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) -- When is a stroll through the backyard a real mission for science? A research project underway across North America has enlisted people around the Bay Area as "citizen ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two years ago in Virginia, two children made a discovery near their home ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- -- ITHACA, N.Y. -- The nine-spotted ladybug was considered so common, charismatic and crop-friendly that it was adopted in 1989 as New York's official state insect. As it turns out, ...

They're spotty and dotty and help suppress pests. But over the past several decades, native ladybug species, such as the nine-spotted ladybug, have become rare in the United States. Researchers want ...

ITHACA, N.Y. - The rare nine-spotted ladybug, subject of a nationwide citizen science project launched after it appeared the insect had gone extinct, has been found in New York state for the first ...

Big batches of black-speckled beetles - species native to North America - have bugged out, flown away, or died off. Once common, several species of the hard-shelled insects with delicate wings are ...