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After the famous toucan received a prosthetic replacement, it's story has helped spark a national movement against harming animals in Costa Rica, where a new anti-abuse bill is also gaining traction.

Ella Grace Peters, a seventh-grader attending San Diego's Notre Dame Academy, will begin competing in the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday in National Harbor, Maryland.

Famous — and occasionally controversial — physicist Freeman Dyson's new essay collection ranges from scientific history to today's hot-button issues like climate change and genetic engineering.

Scientists estimated how contagious the virus is in Colombia — and that gives us some clues to how it might spread in the U.S.

The International Space Station is the third brightest object in the sky and will be visible from San Diego in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Some tests that used to be part of an annual physical are no longer recommended. Others can be done less often. Still, seeing your doctor regularly for a face-to-face chat may help your health.

The Encinitas resident received an award Thursday in La Jolla from the National Conflict Resolution Center

Television debates have been a mainstay in presidential campaigns since 1976. Now, the GOP presidential front-runner is taking a big gamble just days before the Iowa caucuses.

From Sprunk and Grog to Nuka-Cola and Fountain View, soda machines are everywhere in video games. A researcher says they can serve a dose of nostalgia after the apocalypse.

Our Tools of the Trade series examines the planetarium: a relic of the Space Age that's still found in more than 700 schools around the country.