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The Rice's whale can grow to 42 feet and is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 left.

In Huntington Beach, Calif., 66 surfers crammed onto one longboard and stood together for more than 10 seconds while riding a wave. Thousands cheering on the beach watched the record being broken.

Ken Caldeira is trying to come up with a big solution to the problem of increasingly acid oceans: antacids for coral reefs. That might keep the reefs from being destroyed by humans' use of fossil fuels. And that's not his only big idea. But even Caldeira admits that his audacious plan could fail.

Another collapse in the Crandall Canyon mine killed three rescue workers and injured six others Thursday night. With the fate of six trapped miners still unknown, rescue efforts have been suspended.

Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place among major champions with a victory that was never seriously in doubt.

The storm surge started pushing water into areas around Lake Pontchartrain Friday, as Barry slowly moved toward shore. Some inland areas could see 3 feet to as much as 6 feet of water.

Social scientists and health workers worked with screenwriters and studio execs to create a binge-worthy show designed to help young Latinas make healthy life choices.

The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."

Twenty-six percent in a survey of 2,200 people conducted in 2012 answered that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and fewer than half correctly answered a question about human origins.

Paleontologists announce finding an animal skeleton that may bridge the gap between fish and the first four-legged land animals. The 375-million-year-old creature, with a head like a crocodile's, has a body built for swimming. But its front legs are a compromise between fins and feet.