Handling stranded marine mammals can be dangerous both to the animal and to humans.
After a woman is subdued during protests, questions arise about the use of force.
Americans love their pets, and a new poll shows just how much we dote on our animals and reveals some interesting views on animals.
A newly discovered crack in the Earth's crust is slowly drawing North America and Europe closer together.
When the sun never sets, the circadian clocks in four species of Arctic birds gohaywire.
A new cheetah-cub robot is just the latest in a mechanical menagerie of animal-inspired robots that climb, fly, swim, and slither.
A recently mapped genome of the famous albino gorilla Snowflake shows he was born to an uncle and a niece, a new study says.
Half of NASA's newest astronaut recruits are women, but that wasn't always the case.
New York City amps up food recycling, while San Francisco shows the way.
Google's Loon Project is the latest attempt to use balloons floating in the stratosphere to bring Internet access to remote places.
The country's decision was inspired by a National Geographic magazine exposé on the illegal ivory trade.
Run current through genetically engineered microorganisms, and they produce gasoline substitute. Can U.S.-funded electrofuels research finish the drive from lab to market?
Archaeologists in Mexico City have identified more than 400 species of animals among offerings to Aztec gods.
Scientists have restored a 200-year-old opera using special x-ray technologies, leading to questions about other possible uses.
It's not just about the trees—what's fueling the protests in Turkey?
The author of Freedom talks about discovering the joy of watching birds and why he's still hopeful for their future.
Police are still looking for environmentalist Jairo Mora Sandoval's murderers, while the episode has more Costa Ricans talking about the links between poaching and drug trafficking.
Admiral Byrd had a history of being second in flight.
National Geographic explorer Steve Boyes talks about his work to pull the Cape parrot back from the brink of oblivion.
A new study is the first to show that language can be influenced by geography.
Researchers have discovered the secret to how champion divers like sperm whales can dive for an hour or more.
The U.S. government has seized the long-missing diaries of Nazi official Alfred Rosenberg—and they may be the most revealing documents ever found from that era.
There's a new cause for concern in the sports world: The first study of "heading" soccer balls shows an impact on the brain.
The Supreme Court ruling bans the patenting of naturally occurring genes, but not of artificial DNA.
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