A young humpback whale washed onto a beach in Marshfield on Thursday, making it the sixth large whale stranding in ...

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.

Health insurers are increasingly interfering in care, an NBC News investigation found. Doctors say the stakes are highest in cancer care, when delays can be the difference between life and death.

A Texas medical school suspended its body donation program, major biotech companies responded and lawmakers called for accountability.

Boston police are searching for a suspect believed involved in what they described as an aggravated assault on Christmas Day ...

The H5N1 bird flu, or highly pathogenic avian influenza, has been detected in a backyard flock in Vermont, according to state ...

A Massachusetts teacher is among four people who died in a suspected carbon monoxide incident in New Hampshire on Christmas Day. Brookline Public Schools Superintendent Linus Guillory Jr. confirmed in ...

Heading into the holidays, many Americans were already saddled with record-breaking credit card debt. And yet, consumer ...

In his upcoming book, Michael J. López outlines how to set goals in way that increases the likelihood of actually ...

Netflix set records for the most streamed NFL games ever in the U.S. with its two Christmas Day matchups, according to ...

Home prices have increased in 48 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, even with high mortgage costs squeezing out potential buyers.