He's spent his life chasing a sea monster that's never been taken alive
When feelings of kinship transcend the species boundary
Vindicated for his controversial sociobiology? Yes. Satisfied? Not yet
The renewed debate over drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hits home for the two Native groups nearest the nature preserve
The ancient salt sea is the site of a looming environmental catastrophe
A veteran photographer shows the extraordinary knack that some animals have for...disappearing
It is the world's No. 1 fruit, now diseases threaten many varieties, prompting a search for new hybrids of the "smile of nature"
Contraception shows promise, but other measures may be needed to lessen the toll that the deer boom is having on forests and suburbs
Cars that run on vegetable oil? Do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs alike fill 'er up with the nation's fastest-growing propellant
Her bold experiment to teach Iowa third graders about racial prejudice divided townspeople and thrust her onto the national stage
Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough laws, dedicated researchers, and plenty of money and effort, success stories abound
Recent attacks on people off the Florida coast are a reminder of the animal's fierce nature. Yet scientists say the predator is itself in grave danger
Americans discard more than 100 million electronic devices each year. As "e-waste" piles up, so does concern about this growing threat to the environment
A book about atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer charts the debate over deployment of the first A-bomb and the anxiety that suffused its first live test
The image of Bruce McCandless' spacewalk two decades ago still amazes. It was the first untethered walk everand was among the last
How did the ivory-billed woodpecker, which was feared extinct, hang on all these years?
How a cultivated dislike of gardening can lead to more time on the porch
A new photo library of West Africa's desert elephants is helping researchers track the dwindling herd and protect their imperiled migration routes.
The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate new rules to curb pollution, scientists find sources are far-flung
The tropics are home to the world's most venomous creatures-jellyfish with 4 brains, 24 eyes and stingers that can kill you in a minute flat
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