Bones unearthed on the Philippine island of Cebu reveal a miniature water buffalo that lived during tens of thousands of years ago, a finding that could weigh heavily on the debate about the dwarf hominid species discovered in 2003.

Pandas may be able to tell color from shades of gray, a new study finds. Not all animals can do that.

Scientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field, but what got them most electrified was the way they unearthed it.

The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday. But in reality the milestone may have been reached months ago.

Revisiting one of physics' most embarrassing cases of scientific misconduct, researchers from Russia and the United States announced Monday that they have created a new super-heavy element, atomic number 118.

Researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville found that waxed and inactive tree frogs had about the same metabolic rate as unwaxed, dehydrating tree frogs.