Found off Australia, two Myanmarese (Burmese) fishers claim they survived at sea in a large cooler for 25 days on only rainwater and fish regurgitated by seabirds after the men's ship had sunk.

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.

Japanese researchers have shown a humanoid robot with fingers that can pick up small delicate objects, such as straws, nearly as well as people.

A landslide in Costa Rica, a giant wind turbine, and more in the week's best news photos.

A Chinese farmer, long ridiculed for building robots from spare parts, is making money and winning awards from his hobby. His latest: a mustachioed, rickshaw puller.

Residents of the Caribbean island of Montserrat call one of their edible frog species mountain chicken, but this edible amphibian is now endangered, conservationists say.

The far-ranging microbes may use the weather cycle to disperse themselves—an idea that "would have been viewed as crazy 25 years ago," researchers say.

Call it "ovulation on demand"—a bizarre male bark jump-starts a female cheetah's reproductive system, adding a much-needed boost to breeding the rare big cats in captivity, experts say.With audio.

Scientists are studying bees' aggressive behavior and ocular and navigational skills in hopes of improving missile technology.

The little-known reptile from the Galapagos fills a crucial gap in the evolution of land iguanas, scientists say. But its future may not be as rosy.

Robots became more and more human-like in the past year, which saw the debuts of "emotional" robots, robot bartenders, robot swarms, and more.

In a remote corner of Finland near the Arctic Circle, an international team of elves helps Santa respond to hundreds of thousands of letters from children around the world.

Spectacular displays of Christmas lights draw thousands of spectators in Sydney, Australia.

Some of the inhabitants of the Sydney Zoo were as eager to unwrap their presents as their human counterparts.

A simple sandwich bag can bring new hope to the parents of premature babies.