Life expectancy is influenced not only by the traditional lifestyle-related risk factors but also by factors related to a person's quality of life, such as heavy stress. 

The ICTA-UAB begins a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean to collect dust and smoke samples from the fires of tropical Africa deposited in marine sediments. 

In patients with epilepsy, normal neurological activity becomes disrupted, causing debilitating seizures. 

One bayou meanders toward downtown Houston. The other runs in parallel to the south, much of it through a concrete channel.

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible image of newly formed Tropical Storm 21S.

The ability of crocodiles to survive mass extinctions could be in part due to their more hands-on approach to parenting, say scientists at the University of Bath’s Milner Centre for Evolution.

Even during the wet season, fires can burn in the large wetland region in southwestern Brazil.

Trojan scientists are raiding deep fryers, developing alternative crops and turning to kelp in their quest to create renewable biofuels.

The season is a time of great change, turbulence, and productivity in northern waters.

Texas A&M researchers say vertical farming may be key in feeding our growing global population.