A new study finds half-hour siestas can boost heart health and help prevent deadly disease.

A rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting.

The next time you log onto a dating site, you might want to add ?mysterious? to your list of desirable traits, because the less you know about a potential mate, the better, finds a new study of romantic relationships.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across the country, threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination.

Researchers say fiber from cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.

Behold the behemoth of Africa! This is southern Africa's largest lizard, a water monitor.