Corey Binns

Female cichlid fish are drab. But they prefer flashy, colorful mates. Evolution has therefore produced a bright red and deep blue version.

Heart Mountain looks so out of place that geologists knew it must've come from somewhere else.

A new study suggests migration methods used by birds might have existed before birds were around.

Their party-crashing feats show just how productive and important they are and hint at why they thrive in just about any habitat.

VIDEO: It can't run, but it sure can walk fast!

Move over, MINI Cooper. Think thin, Volkswagen Beetle. Suck in your waistline, Smart Car.

Not much funding has been devoted to this topic, but some answers have emerged.

Learn how much power you have at your fingertips.

It's even sticky when wet. But how will scientists unstick it from the whatever they make it in?

A stockpile of thousands of years of microbes’ table scraps give earth its color. So why is it sometimes not brown.

Small creatures like this will suffer, scientists say, potentially altering the entire food chain.

Kermit the Frog often said being green isn’t easy. He had no idea how complex it really is.

While much of the promise of nanotech remains in the lab, it is already in many everyday products.

Toss a drop of water into a hot pan and you're on the path to recreating this new experiment.

Mystery Monday: In one astounding leap, these acrobats can spin up to seven times.

From tales of Scottish swordsmen to Rocky Balboa and the myth of artistic talent, the causes and effects of left-handedness remain enigmatic.

Spinoff of "American Idol" is packed with crackpots instead of bright ideas.

With a tape measure, a stepladder and an anxious crowd of ceramic students looking on, the official Mug Drop Contest recently shattered the dreams of indestructible chalices.

All they need is a full belly and a good social group, and all sorts of traditions develop.

Black soil created by humans long ago could brighten the future of modern farming and help curb global warming.

A diet rich in fish and frogs could explain why the human brain got so big and powerful way back when.

Straight out of the womb, infants are just as aroused by a rhesus monkey call as by human speech.

The super-sensitive Breathalyzer-type tool is being trained to detect chemicals in breath that suggest illness.

Scientists engineer biological cells to stick to non-biological surfaces.

Newly applied techniques could determine the oldest life on Earth and whether there was ever life on Mars.