Iceberg the Orca may be the only known white adult killer whale, and his strange skin color remains a mystery.

Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II, scientists said...

The BBC has gained rare access to a high-security US research facility where scientists have developed a new vaccine against a devastating animal disease, foot-and-mouth.

(AP) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning to shoulder more of Steve Jobs' role as a front man and leader.

The fungal infection that has killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University researchers.

People in China are not only making coveted Apple gadgets, they are snapping them up as the booming nation becomes a top market for the trend-setting California company.

Dogs can be manipulated to choose against their preference by human cues, opting to turn down extra food in order to follow the human's choice, according to results published Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The work was led by Sarah Marshall-Pescini of the University of Milan.

(AP) -- Facebook is strengthening its security controls in an attempt to protect its 900 million users from spam and malicious content.

Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins – notations that map numbers onto space and often represent magnitude – are everywhere. Most adults in industrialized societies are so fluent at using the concept, we hardly think about it. We don't stop to wonder: Is it "natural"?...

Male praying mantises are more likely to engage in risky mating behavior if they have not had recent access to females, as reported Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Female praying mantises are known for their cannibalistic behavior toward their mates, and males take a large risk when they attempt to reproduce.

Among vervet monkeys, social learning is strongly influenced by matrilineal family members, according to a study published Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.

Using nature's beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China's valued panda preserves, but it isn't an automatic ticket out of poverty for the human habitants, a unique long-term study shows.

(AP) -- I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion takeover deal, Instagram isn't the only camera app worth having.

(AP) -- Spider-Man must contend with more than just a lizard in his latest video game adventure.

Developmental biologists at Tufts University have identified a "self-correcting" mechanism by which developing organisms recognize and repair head and facial abnormalities. This is the first time that such a mechanism has been reported for the face and the first time that this kind of flexible, corrective process has been rigorously analyzed through mathematical modeling.

While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, until the moment the wind picked up and most of the particles disappeared.

Want to trick a dog? It's all in the body language, a new study finds.

A fungus that has torn through frog populations worldwide kills by dehydrating the hapless amphibians, disrupting electrolyte balance and causing cardiac arrest.

Communication towers claim 6.8 million birds annually in the United States and Canada, including many species that conservationists are concerned about, a study indicates.

The therapy involves titanium rods and magnets. Researchers in Hong Kong have

Microsoft's coming Windows 8 operating system is focusing attention on the possibility of tablet-laptop hybrids. This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to that idea in so many words, amounting to the equivalent of "Really?" Cook told a conference call of analysts that "anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that the products are about tradeoffs." With a hybrid, he said, "you...

Glapthorn, Northamptonshire: Dung flies are using the blackish lumps of sheep excreta as mini leks – places where males display and compete for the attention of femalesThe fields of miscanthus (elephant grass) have all been harvested, leaving rows of foot-high, bamboo-like stubble clumps. Red spikes are thrusting up around them from the bases of last year's stems. It seems the farmer is sticking...

Google has control over content uploaded to the company's new online storage service, so a technology analyst is advising would-be users to read its policies carefully before signing up.