A frog that eats birds and a catlike lizard are some of the 163 surprising new species discovered last year in the jungles of Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region, WWF reports.
New species discovered along Asia's Mekong River in 2008—including a leopard gecko and a fanged frog that eats birds—are already under serious threat because of climate change, WWF says. Video.
The Beaufort Sea's coastline is disintegrating at alarming speed, thanks in part to warming Arctic temperatures, a new video of time-lapse photographs shows.
Increasingly powerful storms will devastate the country as rising temperatures add jolts of energy to typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean, scientists say.
To help save South Australia's rare black-footed wallaby, researchers are taking joeys from the wild and placing them in surrogate pouches, encouraging wild moms to trigger "backup" pregnancies. Video.
Nine new species that dine only on dead whales have been discovered, a new study says. And what the menu lacks in variety it makes up for in portion size—a single meal can last 20 years.
Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed east coast cities in outback grit and cast an orange glow over Sydney at dawn Wednesday morning. Video.
California tadpoles are developing into frogs with missing legs and eyes—deformities possibly caused by an alien parasite that usually attacks farmed fish, experts say.
Drastic drought conditions are killing iconic African animals and adding to political and ethnic tensions, according to relief workers who say Kenya is on the verge of disaster.
This summer's cooler temperatures means that the Arctic probably won't see ice-free summers until at least 2030, despite previous predictions, new research shows.
UPDATE: A gelatinous fish found off Brazil's Bahia coast has been touted as a previously unknown species. But the six-foot-long, toothed oddity may be a known member of a group of mysterious bottom-dwellers known as jellynose fish, another expert says. Video.
