Buried under thick ice and frigid water, volcanic explosions are shaking the Arctic Ocean floor, something previously thought impossible, according to a new study.
By dissecting the cocoa bean genome, U.S. government scientists backed by a leading candy company aim to safeguard the world's chocolate supply—and possibly make it taste better.
A shape-shifting skyscraper may someday energize the Dubai skyline with its revolving floors and environmentally friendly, electricity-generating wind turbines.
As floodwaters subside in parts of the Midwest, residents along the Mississippi River are urged to defend themselves against another hazard: mosquitoes bearing West Nile virus.
Great Barrier Reef coral trout have thrived under a fishing ban, showing that no-take reserves can spur dramatic comebacks in overfished ocean habitats, a new study finds.
Typhoon Fengshen battered the island nation over the weekend, capsizing a packed ferry boat and putting three provinces in a state of calamity, officials say.
The pole now contains mostly thin, new ice vulnerable to summer heat, scientists on a ship in the Arctic say. Within weeks it could be gone, at least temporarily, they speculate.
U.K. scientists are genetically modifying mosquitoes to be resistant to malaria, which kills millions annually. But some experts fear these supermosquitoes would upset the ecosystem.
The Buddhist "Tiger Temple" claims it is saving rare tigers—but evidence of tiger-farm exchanges and breeding of hybrid animals suggests otherwise, conservationists say.
