Archaeologists digging at the site of George Washington's early home have discovered clues about the boyhood of the first U.S. President.

Using tiny "backpacks," a scientist tracks North American songbirds to their tropical wintering grounds for the first time and finds they travel faster than previously known. With video.

Migratory birds are among the world's most accomplished air travelers, but scientists are still trying to solve the mysteries of how they do it and where many species wind up.

Forty-seven million years ago primitive whales gave birth on land, according to a new study of a pregnant whale fossil that sheds light on how these mysterious mammals moved from land to sea.

A new ocean update to Google Earth allows users to dive underwater, see ocean topography, and watch regions change over time.

The new ocean update to Google Earth allows anyone to view the seafloor and wildlife under the waves in pictures, video, and maps.

Google Earth no longer stops at the shoreline. The software's new ocean update offers a 3-D view of the seafloor, shipwrecks, and underwater life.

Post-quake rebuilding could threaten the endangered pandas' already shrinking natural habitat, according to experts.

The discovery of marmoset vocal variations indicates primate language may be more complicated than previously thought, according to a new study.

An annular solar eclipse created a "ring of fire" over the southern Indian Ocean on January 26, an event heralded as magical by at least one observer.

Tropical "white eyes" form new species faster than any other known birds, according to new research.

The formula that exquisitely preserved the body of two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo in 1920 has been found in the papers of her embalmer.

Two hundred years after Charles Darwin's birth, scientists around the world are exploring the varied ways existing species adapt and new species arise.

Long legs and skittish behavior are recently evolved traits that allow fence lizards in the southeastern U.S. to co-exist with lethal and invasive fire ants, providing hope for species facing abrupt climatic changes.

Archaeologists at a remote lake in Chiapas search for clues to what life was like for the unconquered Maya 500 years ago and how it has, or hasn't, changed for their descendants.