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Calls are mounting for the Mexican government and international experts to stop an operation to capture and enclose the few remaining vaquita porpoises, after one of the animals died soon after being caught over the weekend.

The giant, U-shaped tube is designed to form a garbage-corralling barrier propelled by wind and waves. Its creator hopes to remove half the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.

As her memoir The Truths We Hold hits shelves, the California senator tells NPR that family and the country's need for "real leadership" will weigh into her decision whether to run for president.

The spending bill President Trump signed into law last week includes enough money to replace machines that leave no paper trail. But it seems unlikely that's how the money will be spent.

By rushing live brain cells from the operating room to the lab, scientists have been able to create three-dimensional reconstructions of cells that reveal their electrical behavior and shape.

Europe is experiencing a record outbreak of measles, a disease that has been vaccine-preventable since 1963. And in the EU, Romania is ground zero.

Despite calls by public health officials to curb the use of antibiotics, the drugs are on a global upswing, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, is spending more money than he’s raising for his re-election campaign. The indictment against him and his wife will likely make fundraising even harder.

Atlanta police are seeking an Uber Eats driver in connection with the killing of a 30-year-old customer during a delivery.

Onetime targets of Brazil's dictatorship are worried that a candidate who openly admires the past military regime is expected to win Sunday's presidential election.