Zoo becomes latest victim of government shutdown, but thousands of animals still need to be fed, pregnancies need to be monitored and poop has to be scooped

A Nebraska entomologist has named three of his eight newest beetle discoveries after the dragons from the HBO series "Game of Thrones" and George R.R. Martin book series "A Song of Ice and Fire."

A researcher at Ohio State University has come up with a new app that has tips on spotting bed bugs and getting rid of them

AP-NORC Poll: Public supports gene editing of embryos to prevent disease but not to create 'designer babies'

At El Charco botanical garden in central Mexico, reclaimed scrubland returns to its wilder roots

A bus carrying college students and teachers drove off a highway in a mountainous area, leaving 21 dead and 15 injured

Health officials are reporting an outbreak of bacterial infections in people who got injections of stems cells derived from umbilical cord blood

Attorneys for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar say the FBI searched his jail cell when he was in court

It's a busy time for Santa Claus, but he's making time to feed some fish in San Francisco

Science, ethics and politics spark clash at a House hearing on using fetal tissue for critically important medical research