John Noble Wilford tells how, as a New York Times science reporter in July 1969, he wrote the front page article “Men Walk on Moon.” It is the first interview in a new Times series, “I Was There.”
Researchers are investigating whether dogs share a more complex kind of memory like humans and a few other animals.
Cockatoos can make simple tools out of a variety of materials, like bamboo and even cardboard.
When a leader tries to take a flock in the wrong direction, homing pigeons still find the right way home.
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft will hunt down an asteroid and return a sample to Earth.
Researchers from the University of Arizona experimented to find out whether a bee’s technique to cull pollen from flowers was learned, or instinctual.
A new, blue, whirling shape of fire, inspired by bourbon, could one day help clean up oil spills.
Sally Warring, a biologist, isn't afraid of getting her hands wet. She collects water samples from New York's murkiest waters and examines the colorful life within them.
On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive to study Jupiter after a trip of nearly two billion miles.
Scientists observe polar bears’ behavior in their natural environment by fitting them with collars that have cameras.
Scientists in California are testing the use of bacteria-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to reduce their numbers and prevent the spread of the Zika virus.
Scientists have developed a new method for peeking into the brain of a freely walking fruit fly — by peeling back its head.
The timber rattlesnake's population has been decimated, but biologists are hoping it will thrive on an uninhabited island in Massachusetts.
Recent research has been interpreted as suggesting that cellphones cause cancer. But Gina Kolata explains that the overwhelming evidence suggests that there is no link between the devices and the disease.
Florida has started its annual competition designed to rid its waters of the invasive lionfish.
The RoboBee, which weighs a few thousandths of an ounce, uses an electrostatic patch to perch on just about anything.
A submersible robot in human form, developed at Stanford University, completed its first dive, recovering a 17th-century vase.
Rebecca Wright and her husband, Daniel Wright, have gained back a lot of the weight they lost six years ago on Season 8 of "The Biggest Loser." A study of the contestants helps explain why.
Hungry and disoriented because of an unseasonably warm winter, some unwanted creatures are invading backyards in Arizona. Look out for scorpions.
Peacocks not only show their spectacular tails, or trains, they rattle them, and scientists are nailing down the physics of feather vibration.
Kirsten Taylor
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