DNA of an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans...

Fishermen along the Eastern Seaboard are turning a wary eye toward an emerging upstart: the offshore wind industry...

A study by a federal agency has found that restrictions limiting boats from getting too close to endangered southern resident killer whales have not harmed the whale-watching industry...

Snowy owls wintering in parts of the U.S. and Canada may head back to the Arctic next spring wearing tiny transmitters that track their movements...

Poinsettia plants aren't really poisonous and snowflakes can contain bacteria: holiday myths and truths...

The California Academy of Sciences kicked off its annual Scuba Santa show Tuesday with about 100 children and adults who crowded around a coral reef exhibit to watch jolly St. Nick feed fish...

NIH bringing together musicians, music therapists and neuroscientists to tune into brain in search for music's healing power...

U.S. health officials approve gene therapy that can restore the sight of patients with a rare form of inherited blindness...

A new species of bird has been named for a retired Harvard biologist known as "the father of biodiversity."...

Officials with the federal government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them...