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Aside from urban legends about talking to your flower pots, is there any reason to study the effect of noise on plants? One ecologist says yes — because noise pollution can disrupt the behavior of birds and other animals that plants rely on.

It's known as the quiet period — the SEC-mandated time before an initial public offering when a company's top officials have to avoid anything close to hype. And with Facebook's IPO expected next week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues are pretty much staying mum.

Crews in Virginia are preparing for that state's largest construction project, but they face an unusual obstacle — 25,000 seabirds nesting on their staging area.

The delivery of the bells comes just one month ahead of Notre Dame's reopening, which is scheduled for December 8.

Even for a war as brutal as the one in Sudan, this past week has been one of the deadliest. Hundreds of people have been killed by bombings and revenge attacks, tens of thousands more were displaced.

The bees and ... the wolves? Turns out, the Ethiopian wolf may be a pollinator, too.

Only three out of 10 Americans see climate change as a clear and present issue. Experts believe the way we talk about climate change directly impacts the public response toward global warming.

A Republican state lawmaker from Morton is sponsoring a bill making it illegal for insurance companies to place a time limit on anesthesia payment coverage.

The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.

To reach isolated communities in western North Carolina, officials rely on volunteers to rescue people and deliver aid.