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Thu, Apr 18, 2013 4:36 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience
Scientists have found that when ants are trying to get somewhere, they choose the path with the shortest walking time, not the shortest distance.
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Thu, Apr 18, 2013 10:40 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience
Researchers discovered an enhancer, a 'dark matter' of the genome that somehow turns genes on and off.
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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 4:16 PM by Melissa Breyer
An academic notes that many of the reported sightings have come from cafe and hotel proprietors.
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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 4:02 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily
Two geneticists have applied Moore's Law to life instead of computers, and their data suggests that life could have preceded the earth's formation.
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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 2:09 PM
After a generation of effort, New England's waters are clean enough to support an oyster industry. But climate change could undermine those gains.
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Wed, Apr 17, 2013 11:10 AM by Charles Choi, LiveScience
Rodents may have lost the capability to vomit because they evolved other defensive strategies to replace it.
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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 2:40 PM by Bryan Nelson
The 76.52-pound flathead catfish was pulled in after a 35-minute struggle, by an angler named, oddly enough, 'Flathead Ed.'
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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 9:58 AM
Video: This little elephant just wants to share the love.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 6:36 PM by Bryan Nelson
Giant African land snails, an invasive species on the march in Florida, can grow to 8 inches long and eat through plaster walls.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 5:50 PM by Megan Gannon, News Editor
Kudzu bugs, which are native to Asia, were only detected for the first time in the United States in Georgia in 2009.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 2:21 PM by Shea Gunther
Most of the time, nature is pretty good at following the 'one baby, one head' rule. But every now and then, something goes wrong and you get this.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 2:15 PM by Melissa Breyer
In one of the odder examples of man versus nature, a spate of beaver attacks has left a number of people injured and one man dead.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 11:34 AM by John Platt
The rat-sized snails eat everything in their path and even carry diseases that can infect humans.
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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 9:53 AM
Video: For his birthday, a cute little woodchuck (or groundhog if that's your preference) eats some ice cream.
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Fri, Apr 12, 2013 12:50 PM by Catie Leary
Named for the warning calls they emit when they are frightened or disturbed, dik-diks are tiny herbivorous antelopes that hail from the shrublands and savannahs of eastern Africa.
