Science

Video captured over the weekend showed a boy getting attacked by a rabid beaver while he was out fishing at a New Jersey lake.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman testified that Elon Musk supported converting the company into a for-profit entity but sought full control.

A large asteroid about the size of the Eiffel Tower is expected to come unusually close to Earth in 2029.

Two hikers were injured in a bear attack at Yellowstone National Park this week, and the park is investigating if more than one bear was involved.

A 17th gray whale was discovered dead on a remote Grays Harbor island, raising the death toll and marking the first death reported in May.

A tiny world that orbits way beyond Neptune surprised astronomers with a thin atmosphere that they did not expect to find. Now, scientists are trying to determine how it formed.

A South African officer was hoisted from a helicopter as he retrieved a crocodile suspected of having eaten a missing man.

A wave of hoax “swatting” calls reporting bomb threats and active shooters has forced evacuations and temporary closures at multiple zoos across the country.

A peaceful day kayaking in Florida turned into a close encounter with a massive bull shark. The shocking moment was caught on camera.

J. Craig Venter, a pioneering scientist who helped produce the first draft of the human genome, has died at 79.

Stargazers will be treated to the first of two May full moons Friday night with the rise of the full “flower moon."

The Colombian government previously approved a plan that would allow the culling of approximately half of the estimated 170 hippopotami roaming freely through the South American nation.