A boat called Earthrace is on a mission to break the speed record for circumnavigating the globe—powered entirely by biodiesel.

An 11th-century ruin in a dusty reservoir has become one of the most striking images of Spain's record drought, which already has forced Barcelona to ship in drinking water for the summer.

Mantis shrimp see 11 or 12 primary colors, as opposed to our humble 3. Now a new study says they can see rare forms of polarization too.

Amid stormy debate, British lawmakers have voted to allow the use of human-animal hybrid embryos for stem cell research.

Real-life rocket man Yves Rossy soared through the Alps this week on his first demonstration flight with a self-made flying contraption.

See "Fusion Man" fly via a jet-powered wing on his back, a giant beetle escape a smuggler, volcanic ash falling eerily, and more.

A tourist visiting a reserve during the massive earthquake in China says pandas seemed to sense something was wrong before the quake struck.

Captive pandas were observed acting strangely before Monday's devastating quake, mirroring previous accounts of animals reacting before disaster strikes.

See a supercell light up the Texas sky, U.S. Marines braving a sandstorm in Afghanistan, the Olympic torch reach the top of Mount Everest, and more.

Watch young chimpanzees beat Japanese college students in a short-term-memory test by a wide margin—raising questions about primate intelligence and evolution.

Doctors in Australia believe the bionic eye they've created is safer than similar devices developed in other countries.

A six-month-old whale found dead on a New Zealand coastline is giving scientists a rare peek into the anatomy of the bizarre creature.

Shot through the beak, Beauty the bald eagle currently has to be hand fed. But she'll soon be surgically fitted with a nylon-composite beak.

See half-naked—but all red—revelers get medieval, a Hollywood landmark go up in smoke, skulls stare into the Paris underworld, and more.

Jaw and facial structures in the ancient human relatives show that they could open unusually wide, although researchers are stumped as to why they had this ability.