Largest Ever Lion Airlift to Send 33 Circus Cats to New Home in Africa
Big cats freed from circuses will be freed from cages in Colombia and Peru to head for 12,000 acres of open space in South Africa.
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Huge Victory for Bees! US Court Bans Insecticide Linked to Deaths
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case brought against the EPA– a ruling all beekeepers have been waiting for...
Black Prima Ballerina Dances Her Way to the Top, and Into History
Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman named principal dancer in the American Ballet Theater's 75-year history.
Diver Puts Shark In Trance to Remove Hook From its Mouth (WATCH)
A freediver put a 10-foot shark into a "tonic state" so he could remove a hook in the predator's jaw.
Cops Bring Month's Worth of Groceries to Old Man Who Phoned 911 Hungry
Officers paid for groceries out of their own pockets, then stocked the shelves of an elderly, disabled man who'd gone two days without food.
Drug Cures Ebola in Monkeys, Human Tests are Planned Next
An experimental Ebola drug shows promise for fighting the disease after it cured monkeys that were already sick with fever from the virus. The three animals received the drug and showed no signs of the disease after 28 days. So far, there is no working vaccine or cure for the virus, but after the promising […]
50% Success in HIV Vaccine Tests Leads to Human Trials
Human trials are now underway in the U.S., Africa and Asia for a new vaccine that completely prevented HIV in half the test subjects.
Top 10 Health, Cancer, and Science Breakthroughs of 2015
This past year saw giant leaps in how we cure cancer, treat Alzheimers and prevent Ebola. Here are ten positive breakthroughs in health and science this year.
Discovery Promises New Treatments, Possible Prevention of Alzheimer's
A new discovery of how Alzheimer's disease destroys connections in the brain opens the door for new treatments and a possible cure or prevention.
New Test Can Diagnose Every Virus At Once, Even When Doctors Are Stumped
A new test can detect every virus that plagues a human and animal, and even find diseases doctors weren't looking for.
Cuban Cancer Vaccine Could Soon be Available in U.S.
Thawing relations between the two countries could lead to tests of a Cuban cancer vaccine in the U.S.
Harnessing a Virus Like Herpes Has 'Cured' Skin Cancer
Scientists have used a genetically modified herpes virus to cure skin cancer and are looking at another viruses to learn new ways to fight disease.