Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2009. There are 23 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl ...

Why do hammerhead sharks have such a famously strange-shaped head? One hypothesis is that having eyes on either side of such a wide 'hammer' allows the sharks to see better.

Many islands in the pacific could...

The crab survives by eating wood that has sunk to the ocean floor, comprising trunks and leaves swept into the sea, as well as the odd shipwreck.

It was the first part of the headline that grabbed my attention: "Motorized La-Z-Boy . . . " A motorized La-Z-Boy recliner? Now that's lazy! But it gets better, because the entire headline read: "Motorized La-Z-Boy Driver Pleads Guilty."

From rhinos to redwood trees, the noughties decade has spelled the end for some species of plants and animals. Many have not been sighted in their natural habitat for some time, while others have been declared officially extinct

To avoid becoming a bat's tasty treat, a species of tiger moth plays a trick with sound. The moth can make up to 450 ultrasonic clicks in a tenth of a second to jam the hungry bat's sonar and escape death.

Those who have taken it upon themselves to locate and store seeds in this secure facility are not benevolent servants of humanity, nor the preservers of life. Consider the Rockefeller Foundation's interest since the 1920s to turn science towards eugenics.

The body of Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed, 75, an apparent suicide, sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for days because neighbors thought the lifeless figure was a dummy and didn't call police.

An underwater photographer, Jason Heller, has captured incredible images of sharks and dolphins in a sardine feeding frenzy off the coast of South Africa.