Egypt's highest appeals court has upheld death sentences for four people over forming a "terrorist cell" to plot attacks on security forces and other institutions...

Estonia offers residents free genetic profiling, DNA tests in a trial scheme aimed minimizing risk for diseases and boosting healthier life...

Bowhead whales, the more blubbery Arctic cousins of the humpback, are the jazz singers of whale set...

The daily hordes of tourists have exhausted the Thai beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie....

Scientists have the dirt on rubber ducky and it's clear many children's favorite bath-time friend is _ as parents have long suspected _ far from squeaky clean...

'Truly alarming': Scientists see no babies for endangered right whales during winter calving season...

'Beginning of the end?' Calving season for endangered right whales ending with no babies spotted...

New United Nations reports see a sicker Earth because of loss of biodiversity, with fewer plants and animals and less food and clean water for people...

Marine mammal expert Regina Eisert thought minke whales were a little boring until she captured some striking footage of one swimming underwater near Antarctica...

Obesity can dull the sense of taste and now research in mice suggests the reason is a loss of taste buds...