The winners in this international dog photo contest range from a blind, senior dog to cute, matching puppies.

A BBC videographer learns what an Arctic seal's final moments might look like.

The conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International will use the 360-degree panoramas for educational outreach and scientific research.

The cuddly duo — a boy and a girl born at the Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 — explore their enclosure with their mom, Giovanna.

The new season of Smithsonian Channel's 'Polar Bear Town' will explore the intersection of humans and the 'Lords of the Arctic' in Manitoba.

The insect's DNA helps piece together our evolutionary history.

Video: Dennis Hong is living his dreams — literally — in a lab filled with wacky robots.

From video games to cell phone apps, people are making sign language easier to learn.

Video: Robots help surgeons transcend human limits.

Researchers study ants and their complex, productive societies to help address some of human society's most pressing challenges.

Team at Seattle university is creating largest 3-D reconstruction that anyone has ever attempted, rebuilding the world one pixel at a time.

A comparative psychologist says African grey parrots have the social skills of a 2-year-old child and the intelligence of a 5-year-old.

Video: How climate change is impacting freshwater and saltwater marshes.

Video: The best animators know that physics will make their animation more lifelike.

Video: Researchers are developing a robot language so 'bots' can cooperate with each other.

Video: Maps can provide real-time traffic information and 'fastest route' suggestions using geo-immersion — new technology that blends the real and the virtua

Team of scientists and engineers head to the heart of earthquake country to learn more about predicting when and where an earthquake will happen — before the

Hungry purple marsh crabs threaten Cape Cod salt marshes by eating crucial cordgrass.

Locked-in syndrome, often the result of injury or illness (such as Lou Gehrig's), causes complete paralysis. With advanced technology, these people get closer t

Time can be rough on a dam: as it ages, repairs are more costly and it risks catastrophic breakage. But removing one can also be a major eco-hazard.

A freshwater lake the size of the state of West Virginia has practically disappeared. The lessons that the Aral Sea may hold for U.S. waterways.

Mother Nature Network's 'Ask Vanessa' offers unsolicited advice on the environment for the president.

Sometimes, the big guns in Congress aim to keep stuff 'away' from their states. Senator Harry Reid and the tale of Yucca Mountain is a prime example.

An MNN column causes an uproar in the scientific and not-so-scientific community. Our columnist responds.

Comedian beats up BP CEO look-alike on 'Colbert Report'.

An art student inspired by "clean eating" creates ephemeral fruit mandalas that are as tasty as they are beautiful.

"Vertical Churches" give viewers a head-turning look at some of the most beautiful architecture in the world.

Five years in the making, the film takes audiences on an interfaith journey through one of the world's 'most storied' cities.

Roughly a third of all scanned mummies contained no body inside.

To broaden support for space exploration, advocates should consider approaching religious groups.

The pontiff's sweeping new encyclical is meant not just for Earth's 1.2 billion Catholics, but for 'every person living on this planet.'

Many animals have been found buried with the same level of care as humans, suggesting a deep bond between humans and animals.

Experts are divided on the power of spirituality and an upbeat mindset.

A controversial move by a church in Georgia has people asking "Can you do that?"

If you think kosher wine is only for a specific group of wine drinkers, think again.

The spells are written in a mysterious language, but a few names of demons could be deciphered.

The new policy at Dignity Health Mercy Medical Center in Merced builds trust and community, and the patients are seeing the results.

Archaeologists conducting digital surveys below the surface of St. Nicholas Church have discovered an untouched temple.

Pope Francis' cows play a key role in a centuries-old restoration technique used on Vatican City's Belvedere Palace.

The annual Olvera Street blessing of the animals was held on March 31 in Los Angeles.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on through his speeches and sermons.

It's one of many bold claims made by the late physicist Stephen Hawking in his final book, "Brief Answers to the Big Questions," published posthumously.

Should we care that Obama's Presidential Limo will get single digit miles per gallon?

The poor Lorax is turned into a shill for SUVs, with kids failing to appreciate the subtleties. And it gets worse than that horrible TV ad.

So many people have pinned this easy cleaning tip on Pinterest and shared it on Facebook, it has to work, right?

Control flare-ups and reduce the itchiness of eczema with these natural treatments you probably have at home already.

Chronic inflammation has been linked to many illnesses, so skipping these foods may improve your health.

Plug-In America Vice President Paul Scott used to talk about EVs. Now he's going to be selling them on the floor of Santa Monica Nissan.

Popular maps that have helped bikers and regular drivers now direct electric vehicle owners to the nearest charging station.

As gas prices rose in March 2011, so did sales of the Toyota Prius and other hybrid vehicles. The rise in sales of the best-selling hybrid mimic the trend set d