THE bizarre antics of a coconut-shell carrying octopus have been caught on film by Melbourne researchers in a startling world first. Scientists from the Museum of Victoria couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the creatures using coconut shells as

What genetic machinations are behind the much adored, bamboo-chomping giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)? An international team of more than 120 researchers has now sequenced this rare bear's genome. It is the first genome project to rely solely on

Here's the challenge: how do you illustrate, in a television report, the impact of flying on the environment?

Remember when the pesticide lobby attacked First Lady Michelle Obama because she wasn't championing the use of chemicals in her White House garden? Somehow a top official from CropLife -- the powerful chemical industry trade group that went after Mich

Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface. In reality, they will live and work in a sealed facility in Moscow, Russia,

Although honey bees are crucial to producing about one-third of all the food we eat, the Department of Agriculture has failed to meet crucial research needs to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating hives across the country

Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. Clouds of gas big enough to swallow planets bre

Scientists have quietly moved to power up the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland for a second time, officials say. A preliminary run conducted by CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, was performed last week in a much different atmosphe

An effort to fight global poverty and hunger may become a Trojan Horse to force genetically engineered crops on countries and farmers that do not want them.

spooky-looking fangs that have earned it the name Danionella dracula--and that's more than enough to qualify as a one of the spookiest new species announced in 2009.