As insulting as burning the Koran is to many Muslims, the widespread fear over how they might react is even more insulting.
Habitat loss, hunting, and a lucrative pet trade are all contributing to the decimation of the world's freshwater turtle populations, according to Conservation International, which has just named 10 of the most threatened species.
As we celebrate the 44th anniversary of the sci-fi classic's first TV episode, has another Star Trek technology been proven?
It's no T-100, but this shape-shifting robot can keep working even after it has lost a limb.
This year marks the deadline of the Millennium Development Goal for preserving biodiversity, and a group of scientists weighed in on just how well we achieved our targets. Want to guess how we did?
Crafty male bowerbirds fabricate staged scenes to make themselves look bigger than they really are.
The Viking mission on Mars may have destroyed compounds that make biology possible while trying to detect them.
A 17-year study of the Potomac River found that restoration efforts have brought back much of its native vegetation.
Eight new kinds of the earliest animals from the Cambrian Explosion have been found in a newly explored section of ancient rock in Canada.
A pair of robotic eyes in the sky could help forecasters predict volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and landslides.
If a volcano with the explosive power of 600,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs blew up on a planet 30 light-years away, would we notice?
Hundreds of years before Charles Goodyear figured it out, the Mayans turned latex into rubber.
Habitat loss, wildfire suppression, and poaching are combining to push many species to the brink of extinction, despite the fact that science knows very little about them.
Experts say infant air travelers should be in their own seats for safety; the Federal Aviation Administration will not enforce the recommendation.
Was the thick, intimidating Amazon forest once home to an advanced civilization? A group of archaeologists turn to the vegetated landscape for answers.
Cattle infected with mad cow disease give off a tell-tale glow in their eyes, according to new research.
The remains of this large carnivorous dinosaur reveals evidence for some of the world's first feathers.
The legs, arms and severed torso of a person were all found inside the stomach of a tiger shark caught by sport fishermen.
Men looking to attract women on the dance floor just got a leg up from science.
A couple of uncomfortably close brushes with asteroids today underscores the need for a plan to avoid asteroid strikes.
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