Norwegian researchers says they found a leak from a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 30 years ago, but it poses no risk to people or fish...

Scientists say a study of whales and dolphins that have washed up dead in Greece over a 20-year period has found alarmingly high levels of plastic trash in the animals' stomachs, which can condemn the...

AP-NORC poll: Most Americans prefer focusing on potential asteroid impacts...

US scientists will investigate why an unusual number of gray whales are washing up dead on West Coast beaches...

A Cape Cod company has proposed building a sonic barrier around the region's beaches to chase away seals to prevent shark attacks...

U.S. wildlife officials say an endangered carnivorous beetle is making a comeback and should be downlisted to threatened...

Biologists say the government's decision to change the classification of an endangered scavenging beetle is not supported by scientific data...

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are sharing what is being the largest private donation supporting research into marijuana and its effects on the human brain...

A beluga whale found in Arctic Norway wearing a harness that suggests links to a military facility in Russia has become an attraction for locals who come to see it frolicking in the frigid waters...

Correction: Endangered Whales-Gulf story...