A vehicle that could dive underwater … and stay there? During the Revolutionary War, an American colonist built an experimental submersible vehicle that George Washington called “an effort of genius.” ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

Conservation detection dogs are being deployed as a way to sniff out and monitor native freshwater turtle nests along parts of the River Murray. It's part of South Australia's first turtle management ...

Rockalina the turtle has had a transformative year. When wildlife rescuers first laid eyes on her back in February, they weren’t sure she’d last the night. After nearly 50 years living on a kitchen ...

A dozen sea turtles rescued from New England are recovering at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. The zoo said the Kemp's ridley sea turtles are being rehabilitated in Pittsburgh after they washed up ...

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — Federal law enforcement officials said Monday ...

Sid was born, did some stuff, then decided to become a writer. He finds respite in the sweet embrace of mass media escapism after having risked his life too many times as a journalist covering ...