Hundreds of schoolchildren are trapped under the rubble and thousands are dead after a massive earthquake shook China's Sichuan Province on Monday.

The massive burial site contains a treasure trove of artifacts and information about two little-known South American civilizations, experts said.

See a supercell light up the Texas sky, U.S. Marines braving a sandstorm in Afghanistan, the Olympic torch reach the top of Mount Everest, and more.

See how Cyclone Nargis changed the landscape of the Irrawaddy River delta, where massive floods killed tens of thousands.

Thousands of horses, cows, and other livestock face a possibly toxic brew of deep ash and gases. And the region's all-important farms may be devastated for decades.

Eight Amur leopards—the world's rarest big cats—were recently photographed in far southeastern Russia, giving renewed hope to conservationists.

After 9,000 years Chaiten volcano has exploded back to life, forcing people to flee its southern Chile region.

Wildlife officials in the Cayman Islands are struggling to determine who killed six extremely rare blue iguanas recently found butchered in a nature preserve.

Shot through the beak, Beauty the bald eagle currently has to be hand fed. But she'll soon be surgically fitted with a nylon-composite beak.

Hurricane-force winds, driving rain, and widespread flooding have killed perhaps 10,000 people, torn apart buildings, and sunk ships in the Southeast Asian country.

See half-naked—but all red—revelers get medieval, a Hollywood landmark go up in smoke, skulls stare into the Paris underworld, and more.

A legless lizard, a "miniature dragon," and a "cryptic toad" are among 14 new species recently found in Brazil's shrinking Cerrado grassland.

A colossal squid caught last year—thought to be the largest ever recorded—is giving scientists their first close look at the rare and elusive giant.

After weeks of combing remote rivers for giant freshwater stingrays, biologist Zeb Hogan finally found one—near a busy city. Then the ray gave birth.

Authorities are receiving several reports of pigeons found alive with metal darts through their skulls. An animal rights group is offering a reward for information about the assailant.