James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology

Researchers say humpback whale sightings are becoming less common in the Hawaiian Islands

A Maine seafood company has obtained the final permit it needs to develop the largest lobster processing operation in the state

Scientists say puzzling fossils from more than 500 million years ago are traces of an animal

Scientists are noticing fewer and fewer moths, ladybugs, fireflies and butterflies, but they can't quite quantify what's happening to flying insect because they never measured how many bugs there used to be

An incurable rose disease is causing major damage to a $250-million-a-year rose business in the U.S.

Aggressive Canadian crabs invading US waters from Nova Scotia threaten coastal ecosystem

Efforts to find an ailing orca from a critically endangered population of killer whales off Washington state have come up empty, and a scientist who tracks them has declared her dead

Scientists say a lab test may help determine whether specific genetic abnormalities are likely to make people sick

Ruining the reputation of sharks as bloodthirsty predators, California researchers say they have found a shark that enjoys a side of seagrass with its prey