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A drone test in a remote Amazonian village in Peru failed. And that, says one of the testers, was the best possible outcome.

Tiny creatures in the Mariana Trench have high levels of industrial contamination. The new findings suggest that even Earth's most remote locales feel the effects of human beings.

China has seen an uptick of cases of the deadly H7N9 strain of the avian flu virus, and authorities are trying to stop it from spreading further. Some areas are closing live poultry markets.

The world of infectious diseases has more than a few words and phrases you might want to know more about. We've got definitions for 11 key terms.

Investigators are still determining a motive behind the calls. The communications were swept up as U.S. agencies targeted known Russian operatives.

The true health of politicians has likely been cloaked in secrecy since the days of Mesopotamian kings, but definitely since the Wilson administration. Has the time come to test presidents' cognition?

Daniel Ramirez Medina was arrested despite registering under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. He has sued the U.S. government for violating his constitutional rights.

A U.S. intelligence official tells NPR there are both transcripts and recordings of Michael Flynn's calls with the Russian ambassador and that they don't suggest he was acting under instructions.

The Oroville dam is the tallest in the country and has a capacity of 3,537,577 acre feet. It went over capacity last week causing massive evacuations and bringing attention to its damaged spillways.

The carcass of a marten that shut down the $7 billion Large Hadron Collider last year is the most recent addition to a Dutch exhibit of animals that have had notable interactions with humans.