Cosmetics manufacturer Kao Corporation and a Keio University research team led by robotics professor Takashi Maeno have developed artificial skin that feels just like yours. Or even softer.

Oregon and Washington are drafting a proposal for “limited selected lethal removal'' of protected California sea lions in the Columbia River to ease pressure on the spring chinook salmon run.

The worst forms of the killer tuberculosis bug have been gaining ground in the United States, alarming public health officials over imported drug-resistant strains of a disease that is mostly under control in this country.

Cooling ocean temperatures in the last three years signal a temporary halt for global warming, but researchers expect the warming trend to resume.

Six Flags Great America is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.

Invasive colonial sea squirt continues to thrive on the gravel bottom on Georges Bank, situated between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Nova Scotia.