The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of ...

Figure out how to use giant freakin’ lasers to create limitless fusion energy that can free us from fossil fuels and steer the planet away from climate change. Today, with energy costs (and climate ...

The island of Floreana, part of the Galápagos archipelago, is steeped in mystery and lore. From its history as a prison in the 1830s to eccentric human inhabitants one hundred years later to the world ...

The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., introduced its two new giant pandas to the public on Friday. Bao Li and Qing Bao are 3 years old. They're part of a conservation program and a historic ...

Giant beavers the size of black bears once roamed the lakes and wetlands of North America. Fortunately for cottage-goers, these mega-rodents died out at the end of the last ice age. Now extinct, the ...