A typhoon—as hurricanes are called in parts of Asia—caused massive flooding and a major landslide that buried a tunnel entrance in Taiwan.

An ant with no eyes and a pale body is so different from other known ants that it earned an extraterrestrial name, say biologists who found the new species.

See how the major storm pummeled the Texas coast, shredding buildings, flooding streets, and knocking out power for millions of people.

Hurricane Ike will be entered into the record books for the severe damage it inflicted in and around Galveston, Texas, experts say.

The May 12 quake that devastated China's Sichuan Province increased stress along three nearby fault lines, doubling the chances of another major seismic event in coming years, scientists say.

See aerial footage of Hurricane Ike's worst damage: flooded neighborhoods, destroyed homes, boats on land. The hurricane struck Saturday, devastating Galveston, Texas, and other Gulf Coast towns.

An estimated 140,000 Texas residents ignored evacuation orders before the hurricane hit. Now many are stranded amid debris and floodwaters, stuck in attics or on roofs, and without power.

A late swerve by Hurricane Ike as it approached Texas Saturday spared Galveston from an expected 25-foot storm surge, meteorologists say. But Ike still delivered a punishing hit.

See scenes of Hurricane Ike's devastation from a wide swath of coastal Louisiana and Texas, including flooding, fires and wind damage in Galveston and Houston.

Coming ashore as a strong Category 2 storm, Hurricane Ike blew out windows, flooded streets, and forced rescue crews to wait to begin helping the thousands of residents who chose to stay put.

Hurricane Ike isn't the first epic storm to slam Galveston, Texas. See scenes of the devastation from what is still called the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.

Chilling warnings of "certain death" have residents of the Texas coastal town gearing up for the worst -- and recalling the devestating 1900 storm that killed 6,000.

Genetic testing of captive oriental white-backed vultures suggests the diversity needed to ensure the species' future will taper within three years, a scientist says.

Twenty-five-foot storm surges and massive flooding are likely as the storm heads for the Texas coast, prompting government officials to issue a stern evacuation warning.

The sun-dappled body of a mammal with a distinctive zebra-striped rump represents one of the first photographs of an elusive okapi in the wild, scientists report.