Sydney Brenner, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who helped decipher the genetic code, has died...

Federal officials are supporting a decadeslong request by a Native American tribe in Washington state to resume what would be the only authorized whale hunts in the mainland U.S....

Scientists say they've documented that cats respond to the sound of their own names...

Los Angeles city leaders honored the lifetime achievements of famed primatologist Jane Goodall by singing "Happy Birthday" to her on her 85th birthday...

A new study suggests doctors can safely transplant lungs or hearts from hepatitis C-positive donors without infecting the recipients...

Members of the lobster business fear a looming bait crisis could disrupt the industry during a time when lobsters are as plentiful and valuable as ever...

Researchers find fossilized debris in North Dakota from the day a killer asteroid crashed into Earth...

A panel of top scientists has concluded the endangered red wolf of the southeastern U.S. is a species unto itself...

The U.S. military hopes that humans can learn toughness from tiny 'water bears' that survive 300-degree heat, Antarctic cold and even the vacuum of space...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has a received a nearly $29 million gift the university says will be used to enhance research and improve the lives of people with Down syndrome...