SCIENCE

At least 2,250 California sea lions, mostly pups, have turned up starving and stranded on beaches from Santa Barbara to San Diego so far this year, marking the worst such crisis yet documented for the marine mammals.

Only two out of 32 commercial weight-loss programs evaluated have scientific evidence that participants achieve even modest weight loss after one year.

Develop these habits to eat healthier and reduce your odds of getting food poisoning.

A lawyer for one of the plaintiffs says the drug companies marketed the condition "Low T."

Florida residents remain divided in the climate change debate despite the state being one of the most vulnerable to global warming.

California Gov. Jerry Brown said on Sunday said the state's crippling drought crisis shows the climate phenomenon "is a wake-up call."

About 10 percent of breast milk samples ordered online are tainted, according to new research that casts doubt on the legitimacy and safety of a small but growing business.

The majority of many fruits and vegetables in America are grown in California.

Announcing the creation of India's first air quality index, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated India's "sensitivity" toward climate change.

The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle collider in the world, is back in business after a two-year improvement project.

Protesters want a moratorium on construction of an observatory atop Mauna Kea, in hopes of finding a long-term solution.

The investigation showed that even though they were not magnetic at extremely low temperatures, they behaved according to the Hall Effect.

Much like the Marvel superhero, blind rats were given the ability to "see" using a brain implant that enabled them to detect geomagnetic signals.

Large measles epidemics were common in Canada prior to the immunization campaigns of the 1960s.

The green filaments are believed to be long tails of gas disintegrated under gravitational forces resulting from a merger of two galaxies.

The potent derivative, also called butane hash oil, has gained popularity in recent years among U.S. pot consumers.

The authors say they plan to conduct further study to investigate the role that genes and various regions of the brain play in the songs.

The latest finding suggests that the Little Foot skeleton was buried 3.67 million years ago.

The artifacts were discovered in an underground cave near Kibbutz Lahav in the Tel Halif region in southern Israel.

According to a new study, polar bears driven off their natural frozen habitat may not be able to survive on a terrestrial diet.

The virus has infected over 25,000 people and caused over 10,000 deaths since the current outbreak began in West Africa.

Meteorologists said that the typhoon is expected to become a tropical storm by the time it hits the Philippines over the weekend.

A study of millions of military personnel finds length of service and type of discharge are stronger indicators of suicide risk than deployment.

Changing how you dress and what you eat can help alleviate dreaded springtime allergies.

A new study has found that while it takes merely decades to damage marine ecosystems, their recovery might take thousands of years.

To prepare for the long journey, blackpoll warblers build up their fat stores.

Major pharmaceutical companies are relying on more sophisticated sales teams to convince doctors to prescribe their medicines.

The dark surface of Mercury has long baffled scientists, who have struggled to explain why the planet's surface reflects so little sunlight.

The concoction, based on a 9th century remedy to treat styes, killed up to 90 percent of MRSA bacteria in infected mice.