Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.

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Officials asked agency staff to draft a rule that would limit data collection. The move could set a global precedent.

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A plan to announce the agency's new risk assessment stressed the need for MMR vaccinations. Last week, it was scrapped.

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Timothy Stryker was making his second visit to Svalbard, a Norwegian island chain nudged up against the North Pole, but the yield signs still caught his attention: They directed drivers to defer not ...

The closely-spaced deaths of two cougars in Washington state suggest the virus is likely more widespread than thought.