The Census of Marine Life, conducted last month in the North Atlantic, captured images of tantalizing deep-sea creatures, including a dozen newly identified species.

When forests attack! No, it's not The Lord of the Rings. Just the latest twist in the debate over what killed off mammoths and other big Ice Age mammals.

See what a rebuilt New Orleans might look like with these bold new visions for turning the hurricane-wracked town into a city of the future.

The fin-shaped slab of hot rock is currently 300 feet (90 meters) tall and is growing at a rate of 4.6 feet (1.4 meters) a day, USGS scientists report.

A major oil spill at a Siberian island could drive western gray whales to extinction, say groups that urge a stop to the Shell project.

Homosexual women respond differently than straight women when exposed to suspected sexual chemicals, according to a new study.

After weeks of warning signs, the Merapi volcano has begun spewing molten lava and thick white smoke, but most residents nearby are staying put.

Can you hear me now? Your phone's signal strength may monitor rainfall better than the meteorologists' radar and could help improve forecasts.

Find out what we still don't know about how and why lightning bolts form, and learn what you can do to avoid being hit.

Fish and chips, anyone? Despite spending half as much as their U.S. counterparts on health care, Britons are far less likely to suffer from key diseases, a new study says.

Warming and acid rain caused by extensive volcanic activity might be the prime suspects in a quarter-billion-year-old whodunit, according to a new book.

A new generation of power plants being developed in Europe and the U.S. will burn coal without releasing the harmful gases that contribute to global warming.

The little-understood deep-sea corals face threats from fishing trawlers and increasingly acidic seas caused by fossil fuel use, new studies warn.

Blood stained popular Zanzibar beaches this weekend as hundreds of dead bottlenose dolphins washed ashore. The cause of their deaths remains a mystery.

Two satellites launched this morning are the final components of the biggest space observatory ever built: a chain of orbiters dubbed the A-Train.