Our ape-like predecessors kept their stout figures for 2 million years because having short legs gave them the upper-hand in male-male combat for access to mates, finds a new study.

After a dinner of tacos, beer and rum on a research vessel, scientists decide to tag both beasts to learn more about predator and prey.

Artificial DNA with encoded information can be added to the genome of common bacteria, thus preserving the data.

Thanks for the lousy temper, Mom and Dad.

Tundra Takeover: Trees are encroaching into Arctic tundra faster than scientists previously thought and endangering species that live only there.

Variously called giant rhubarb, Chilean gunnera, nalca, panque, and other names, this is actually a huge perennial herb, not a shrub. But it grows in clumps in disturbed locations and can shade out native vegetation.