The first real photographs of DNA, cigarette butts keep bird nests mite numbers low, and size doesn't stop blue whales from executing pirouettes while feeding.

Jellyfish go from old to young to old again, and new mineral analysis suggests the Grand Canyon formed 70 million years ago.

Apes Have Mid-Life Crises Too. Behaviorists believe that human life can be measured by a “happiness curve.” The general happiness of youth gives way in midlife to a dip, followed by increased happiness in later years. ...

Gene identified that's unique to humans and not shared by other primates, and hot-pink angelfish are genetically engineered by scientists.

Avian family tree shows rate of diversification among birds has increased over the past 50 million years and an elephant in Korea mimics human speech.

Last year’s nuclear disaster in Japan is still resonating with the fishing industry there. Some 40 percent of the fish caught near the epicenter of the meltdown, Fukushima, contain more Cesium than the government ...

A look at the elephant and the donkey, the two animals that have come to symbolize the Democratic and Republican parties.

New research suggests fossil-encased DNA not a possibility with dinosaur remains, and a new report finds that 25 primate species are on the brink of extinction.