Altering human heredity sounds sci-fi, but a major new ethics report is leaving open the possibility that one day scientists might try that to fight some serious genetic diseases...

A new U.S. Forest Service study finds that damaging insects can emerge from fallen trees and logs for several years after a major storm...

Researchers studying the massive die-off by starvation of a type of Pacific Ocean seabird say most evidence points to a climate event that warmed ocean waters...

Dartmouth College has announced plans to offer compensation to homeowners impacted by groundwater contamination coming from a site where the Ivy League school once dumped animals used in science exper...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has turned a $10 million commercial biotechnology plant laboratory in Middleton into the hub of a new crop research center...

The Texas Board of Education has moved closer to tweaking _ but still preserving _ high school science curriculum requirements that academics say cast doubt on the theory of evolution...

The Texas Board of Education has voted preliminarily to ease _ but not completely eliminate _ state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argue forced teachers to use language that ...

The Texas Board of Education has preliminarily voted to ease _ but not completely eliminate _ state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argued cast doubt on the theory of evolutio...

Scientists say grass carp have invaded three of the Great Lakes and pose a significant environmental risk, but there's still time to prevent them from becoming established...

Scientists have figured out how to add much needed taste to the bland, mass-produced grocery tomato...