When a white-handed gibbon spots a lurking leopard, rather than high tailing it in the opposite direction, the furry ape will actually draw closer to its foe and belt out a song.

Scientists have created a keypad lock a single molecule in size. This lock only activates when exposed to the correct password, a sequence of chemicals and light.

With just a bit of planning and effort you can control your eating over the holidays, and you won't have to work so hard in January to shed extra pounds.

Australia's giant prehistoric animals, including 10-foot-tall kangaroos and wombat-like creatures as big as a rhinoceros, were likely wiped out by aboriginal settlers, not climate change, a researcher said Tuesday.

The recent news that a precipitous decline in the incidence of breast cancer in the United States might be due to women turning away from hormone replacement therapy has some experts worried that the link between the two might have been overstated.

While many of New York?s snow birds head south to Puerto Rico for time in the sun, a recent batch of first-time fliers?born and raised in the city?are heading down for a different reason: to save their own species.