The insect's DNA helps piece together our evolutionary history.

Video: Dennis Hong is living his dreams — literally — in a lab filled with wacky robots.

A comparative psychologist says African grey parrots have the social skills of a 2-year-old child and the intelligence of a 5-year-old.

Video: Researchers are developing a robot language so 'bots' can cooperate with each other.

The physicist says that colonization of outer space is the only way we’ll survive.

Researchers in Costa Rica are studying the vocalizations of Alston's singing mice to learn more about human speech.

Insect song, when slowed down dramatically, sounds otherworldly, but also human.

Songs, melodies and tunes transcend time in a way that no other language can.

Left all alone, this dog 'plays' the piano and 'sings' the blues.

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.

A paper hypothesizes that some of our language skills evolved out of specific cave art features.

In A.D. 536, a volcanic eruption sent a thick haze into the air that blocked the sun over Europe, the Middle East and some of Asia for 18 months.

Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a new computer modeling study.

Here are 7 before-and-after images of cities, as seen from space, showing the impact humans have had on the surrounding environment.

From the morality of bonobos to the importance of baking, each of these books explores a unique aspect of our humanity.

The success of two elementary school volunteer projects earned a shelter a donation from the Petco Foundation.

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 are studying the sleep habits of mountain lions to help protect the cats from habitat loss.

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.