A mother was overwhelmed with emotion on the Today show this morning as she saw the results of her daughter’s dramatic weight loss transformation for the first time.

International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) celebrates and brings attention to bird migration, one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas. IMBD began in 1993 and is now hosted at more than 600 sites from Canada to Argentina. Environment for the Americas, with the collaboration of international sponsors and partners, fosters bird conservation education in the Western Hemisphere …

In Morocco, there are spiders that know how to do cartwheels. They can cartwheel down sand dunes, and also up sand dunes, which is more than a little bit remarkable. The scientist who found them, Ingo Rechenberg (a professor at the Technical University of Berlin), does what you do when you find an animal with a unique and ingenious mode …

Colin Pillinger, an ebullient space scientist who captured the popular imagination with his failed attempt to land a British probe on Mars, died. He was 70. Pillinger’s family said Thursday he died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge after suffering a brain hemorrhage while sitting in his garden.

The number of cesarean deliveries remains very high in the U.S. and Consumer Reports says many of them are unnecessary. It has analyzed data from more than 1,500 hospitals in the 22 states where data is available and found several where more than half the women who expect a low-risk delivery undergo a C-section. For low-risk deliveries, Consumer Reports found …

The FDA has approved vorapaxar to reduce the risk for MI, stroke, CV-related death and coronary revascularization among patients who have previously experienced MI or peripheral artery disease, according to a press release.

Yemeni security forces have killed an al Qaeda terrorist wanted over a series of attacks in the country’s capital, state media reported Friday.

The Colorado Supreme Court is rejecting Aurora theater shooting defendant James Holmes’s request that he not have his sanity evaluated a second time. The court denied Holmes’s appeal Thursday. It also ruled that Holmes’s filing can’t be seen by the public. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 people and injuring 70. Prosecutors are seeking the …

Wyoming has become the first state in the U.S. to reject the adoption of new scholastic science standards proposed by national education groups, for grades kindergarten through 12th. The Wyoming Board of Education decided recently that the Next Generation Science Standards need more review after questions were raised about how the standards address man-made global warming.

Stunned by the “coolest, scariest thing” she had ever seen, Photographer Janae Copelin caught a snapshot early this week of a rare weather marvel known as a firenado. The whirling “fire-devil” was spawned as a farmer burned off his field in Chillicothe, Missouri. A swirling rotation of smoke, gas and debris, a firenado is generated when an active fire is …

Yawning chills your brain out. While previous studies suggest that yawning helps boost oxygen supply, the latest study reveal that yawning keeps the brain at optimal temperature and homeostasis by cooling the organ down.