Science

For certain snappers, in fact, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this can be dire.

 A panel convened by the World Health Organization said it would be "irresponsible" for scientists to use gene editing for reproductive purposes, but stopped short on a ban.

State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community.

Less than two weeks before the accident at Three Mile Island, a Hollywood thriller depicting the frightening scenario of a disaster at a nuclear plant hit the screens.

The new study concludes that only 8.5 percent of the guidelines are backed up by randomized controlled trials.

Pa. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale hosted a public hearing to gather input for a special report looking into the state’s response to climate change.

NASA’s 2020 budget request for $21 billion includes significant funding to build systems and infrastructure to return to the moon b ...

‘What’s the point of preparing for a future if you won’t have one?’ said Philly’s lead organizer, Sabirah Mahmud, 16.

Japan has ambitious goals to become the “hydrogen society,” and right now, the focus is on its automakers.

Primatologist Frans de Waal discusses his new book, "Mama's Last Hug" about wide range of emotions that animals display.and what they tell us about ourselves.

A group of prominent scientists and bioethicists is calling for a global moratorium on any new attempts to bring gene-edited babies into the world.

Last year, China drastically cut back its imports of plastic waste to recycle. Now the U.S. and other wealthy nations must figure out what to do with their discards.

The Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says.

Three Mile Island Alert is asking federal regulators to analyze what the group calls a “potentially dangerous and risky condition” at Exelon's Three Mile Island plant.

Energy Transfer says the probe into the construction of the Mariner East pipelines "has no legitimate basis."