New Zealand's flightless moa grew much more slowly than modern birds, scientists say. Is that why humans were able to hunt it to extinction?

Residents of one small Alabama city hope to turn an abandoned textile mill into a showcase of economic redevelopment.

Now in his sixties, FBI agent Joe Pistone talks about his undercover life inside the Mafia in the 1970s—the subject of a new TV documentary.

First impressions count—especially in politics, according to new research that suggests many U.S. voters favor candidates with "competent-looking" faces.

A rare paper trail traces the life story of a ten-year-old girl kidnapped in Africa 250 years ago and sold into slavery in South Carolina.

Future senior citizens in developed countries may live "younger" and retire later, averting a pension crisis, a new study says.

Rampant logging and bush-meat hunting is slowly eroding the traditional lifestyle of the Bayaka Pygmies in Central Africa, observers say.

Scientists have found a way to tell a dinosaur's gender after studying the fossils of a T. rex. The discovery may further link dinosaurs to birds.

Thirteen-year-old Nathan Cornelius of Minnesota won the 2005 National Geographic Bee competition today.

Ten students have emerged from the National Geographic Bee semifinals and will compete in tomorrow's championship round.

It smells like a rotten egg, grows only in the wild, and costs a small fortune. Dogs have been kidnapped—and ransoms paid—because of Italy's prized white truffle.

When two teams are closely matched, always bet on red. That's the implication of a new study that says athletes who wear red have a slight advantage.

At Russia's Pleistocene Park, scientists are re-creating an Ice Age landscape by reintroducing plants and animals that once thrived in the region.

When Washington State's Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, it devastated the landscape. Now, after an unpredictable 25 years, the area is again thriving.

New genetics research has rewritten the history of the evolution and spread of leprosy, a disease that afflicts only humans, armadillos, and the footpads of mice.