A community rallied to find a coyote trapped in plastic in the middle of a snowstorm.

Simultaneously burn calories, cut back on your utility bills and do the laundry with a conceptual washing machine-treadmill hybrid dubbed Wheel.

Ancient 5-foot 7 penguin weighed at least 220 pounds and speared fish with its sizable beak.

Let's see how well you know your own species' family tree.

The Bramble Cay melomys lost most of its habitat to rising sea levels.

Sustainability played a key role at this year's CES with both the CEA and Bosch donating materials and funds to Habitat for Humanity green building efforts.

From your blood pressure to your vision, here's how barometric pressure might affect you.

These small resolutions can make for a great start to the new year.

Wild finches in the Galapagos made famous by Charles Darwin 'self-fumigate' their nests using human-made pesticides.

A new study concludes humans have accidentally spread a virus and parasite that are obliterating bees.

Pesticides are sprayed on food to kill living organisms, then we sometimes ingest them. How can those pesticides be bad for people?

Computers can't solve this chess problem. Can you?

Humane Society International is building temporary wildlife shelters for animals affected by the Australian bushfires on Kangaroo Island.

Panera’s St. Louis Bread Co. in Missouri lets customers pay what they can.

Husband and wife team John Stewart and Duskie Estes have created a wine country restaurant that serves memorable meals.

Virtualization makes cloud computing possible, productive and profitable. Many businesses large and small think it can do the same thing for work by creating a

75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, meaning they originated in animals. Here are 10 to be aware of and which animals carry them.

Human-based pathogens are showing up in penguin poop, and that could spell serious trouble for the Antarctic birds.

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.

White Oak in Florida promotes conservation with innovative programs for animals (and the humans who want to see them.)

Confused about egg carton labeling? You're not alone.

Nonprofit, which monitors the health and safety of animals in the entertainment industry, calls the expose a distortion of the truth.

They're stylish, they're strong, and they support design-based recovery in disaster-stricken areas. What more could you ask for in a pair of specs?

Photographer's exploration of the beauty of man-made illumination around the world reflects humankind's dominance over the planet.

America for Animals looks to the crowd to fund The Humane Eating Project app, a database of restaurants doing the right thing.

This industrious teen hopes to make flying safer for all with his raptor trap, which is designed to prevent bird-strikes at airports.

Actress Leslie Jones' experience on social media service Twitter can be a reflection of all that's right and horribly wrong with our species.

Social marine mammals provide a 'unique and striking parallel' to our own species, scientists say.

Scientists close in on the genetic mechanisms used by mosquitoes to locate prey.

Did you know that 80 percent of the known terrestrial plant and animal species are found in forests?

The Chauvet paintings in France are a study in humanity's connection to animals, the earth, and each other over time.

In Stranger in the Woods, author Mike Finkel explores the famous Maine recluse Christopher Knight and why he stayed alone for 27 years.

For dog-lit author Flora Kennedy, dogs can be the harshest — and sweetest — critics.

By 'borrowing' someone from the Human Library, you get to learn their story — and share their humanity.

Animal emotions can be surprisingly similar to ours, primatologist Frans de Waal explains in a new book, especially in our fellow mammals.

Honeybees Sweetened Life for Stone Age Humans

The One Health Company seeks to find disease cures without killing animals.

Ice Age humans likely lived in these strange circles made from mammoth bones.

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

A 20-year-old woman in Taiwan is the first person known to be infected with a strain of bird flu called H6N1.

Scientists hope to end heart transplant surgery forever thanks to help from the amazing zebrafish.

Philosopher suggests that bioengineering people to be herbivores with small statures and cat-like eyes could help to save the planet.

Signals that coordinate the rhythms of our heart and lungs offer inspiration for creating 'unbreakable' security codes.

The webbing was on par with bulletproof Kevlar in strength.

Researchers have a new way of figuring out your dog's age in people years, and it doesn't involve multiplying by 7.

For four-legged creatures, lightning strikes create an especially lethal ground current.

Boston Dynamics releases video of new robot dog that can open doors.

Without human touch, we lose one of our most effective ways to empathize with one another.

The Anthropocene Era now has an official beginning.

From Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi to Rosa Parks and Jimmy Carter, these tireless advocates have made the world a better place.