Scientists have discovered that islands near Antarctica's main peninsula hold more species than even the Galápagos Islands, the experts claim.

Knee-deep gondoliers breakfasted at cafe tables, rubber-booted locals waded through a pastry shop--despite a five-foot flood Monday, pockets of Venice showed surprising normalcy.

Half to three quarters of major emperor and Adelie penguin populations may lose their sea ice habitat due to climate change, according to a recent report.

During a massive expedition to Vanuatu, scientists collected 600 different crab species. The international team of 153 experts gathered a total of nearly 10,000 different species of living organisms.

Though usually harmful, hurricanes also strengthen bat populations by literally picking up the animals and redistributing them in other islands, a Caribbean study shows.

Anole lizards in Puerto Rico flex their muscles to communicate with other anoles in noisy environments, according to new research.

In dramatic video shown on Colombian television, a landslide swallows a home near the town of Mesitas. Weeks of heavy rain have caused a reported 22 deaths in the country.

Wildlife smugglers transporting more than a thousand pounds of reptiles—including king cobras and Burmese pythons—to Vietnam were intercepted by a Cambodian wildlife-rescue team.

Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may make Earth's oceans more acidic faster than predicted, which could be disastrous for some marine species.

Smuggled puppies, raging fires, a Sistine ceiling, and more in the week's best news photos.

Iran's largest saltwater inland lake is diminishing because of drought, alarming environmentalists.

Long seen as myth, an ancient Amazon civilization may have been fueled by a man-made soil. Scientists are racing to recreate the recipe, which they say might fight hunger and global warming.

Newly discovered fossils of the oldest known swimming turtles show the reptiles first took to water some 165 million years ago, researchers say.

A tree-devouring Asian beetle is encroaching on New England's forests, beloved for their brilliant autumn colors and maple syrup, experts say.

Less than ten months old, Mapima was being mistreated by Congolese soldiers before she was rescued last week, experts say.