Dominant chimps evaluate risks of crossing a road before leading the rest of their group to move forward.

Chicken feathers and rice straw could become commonplace in clothing in the future, scientists report.

The body, and not the mind, might be the first thing to go in people with Alzheimer's and related dementias.

Global warming may be endangering Alaskan trees by weakening their defenses and bolstering insects that bore into them.

Actions by neighboring countries are polluting the waters of the sacred Jordan River.

A sandhills hornet, more commonly known as a yellow jacket, is an abundant wasp in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.