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New Zealand Earthquake Pictures
See wrecked cars and collapsed buildings following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday.
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Pictures: Crab Swarm Mystery Solved
A surge in hormones allows millions of migrating Christmas Island red crabs to make their epic annual trek to the ocean, a new study says.
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Pictures: Fire Tornadoes Explained
Recent "firenadoes" in Brazil and Hawaii aren't rare, just rarely reported, an expert says: Large-scale versions occur once a year in the U.S.
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Why Hurricane Earl Weakened
Changes in the wall of clouds around Hurricane Earl's eye helped it diminish to a Category 1 storm as it moved toward Cape Cod, experts say.
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Photos: Another Gulf Oil Rig Burns
Just months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, which leaked millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, another Gulf oil rig exploded into flames Thursday.
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African Threatened Species Pictures
Dams, wetland destruction, and overfishing threaten to wipe out more than 20 percent of Africa's freshwater species, many unique to the continent.
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Hurricane Earl to Deal Glancing Blow
Though expected to only graze the U.S. coast, Hurricane Earl is the first of many intense storms that could menace the U.S. East Coast this season, one expert says.
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Space Photos This Week
The world's strongest solid rocket motor revs up, a star nursery is seen in its sharpest view yet, and more in this week's best space pictures.
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Lizard Evolving for Live Birth
A skink species lays eggs on coasts but births babies in mountains, giving a glimpse of how placentas evolved, scientists say.
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Hurricane Earl's Path to Skirt U.S.
As weather systems repel Hurricane Earl from the U.S. East Coast, tropical storm Fiona forms but may not become a hurricane.
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Sharp New Titanic Wreck Pictures
On the 25th anniversary of Titanic's rediscovery, high-resolution images from a new expedition shed light on the shipwreck.
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Gulf Oil Spill News and Pictures
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"Firecane" Myth Busted
Flaming, oily hurricanes and "black rain" are no danger to Gulf residents on Katrina's fifth anniversary—or to anyone, anywhere, experts say.
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22-Mile Oil Plume Found
A giant plume from the Gulf spill has been confirmed deep in the ocean—and it may stick around, a new study says.
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