The rate of shark bites in Hawaii has been increasing slightly in recent years, but the risk remains extremely low _ roughly 5-in-1 million _ according to new research

An Ohio zoo has become the repository for the world's largest collection of polar bear poop as researchers work to create a pregnancy test to aid the survival of this threatened species

A 7-foot sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere

China unveils draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist's claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roiled the global science community

Zebra stripes are dazzling, particularly to flies and scientists say that might be the answer to how zebras got their stripes

Neptune's newest and tiniest moon is probably a piece of a larger one nearby

As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer than ever, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope

Scientists find that astronaut who spent nearly a year in space had his immune system go on high alert

The World Health Organization is convening a meeting next month to develop global standards for the governance of gene editing, after a Chinese researcher announced he had created the world's first gene-edited babies

In what has become an annual Valentine's Day tradition, biologists handed out red felt hearts to African penguins at a San Francisco aquarium