Massachusetts scientists say they have reached the same conclusions as their federal counterparts in a study about the poor status of cod fish in the Gulf of Maine...

Japan's whaling fleet has returned home after killing 333 whales in the Antarctic, achieving its goal for the second year under a revised research whaling program...

Ohio investigators say a fellow inmate is suspected of beating to death a serial killer dubbed the "Angel of Death" inside the cell where he was serving multiple life sentences...

Anti-transgender activists are generating protests as they drive through the northeastern United States in an orange bus emblazoned with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls."...

A former nurse's aide dubbed the "Angel of Death' after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky has died two days after being brutally beaten in his cell at an Ohio stat...

Three inmates on Louisiana's death row say in a lawsuit they face inhumane isolation for 23 hours a day in cells "the size of an average of home bathroom."...

Federal scientists have made a potentially important discovery about the invasive sea lamprey, the longtime enemy of Great Lakes fish...

A new study suggests some livestock grazing can benefit a ground-dwelling bird that has suffered a dramatic population decline across its 11-state range in the U.S. West...

New research says more cancer-causing mutations are due to random chance than heredity or lifestyle risks, but lots of tumors still are preventable...

A court in Bahrain sentenced three people to death and 14 others to lengthy prison terms on charges they established a terrorist cell connected with the intent of killing policemen, according to the i...