Florida's red tide blooms are fed by wind-driven nutrients from the Mississippi River, scientists say. The finding may help in forecasting bloom flare-ups.

Poverty and tradition drive some Haitians to eat cakes of clay, salt, and butter. Nutritionists fight local beliefs about the dish's merits.

A severely polluted river in northern China is running red and making villagers chronically ill, a new government report says.

Almost a century after a mysterious explosion flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists say they have found a crater made by the cosmic object that created the blast.

A Swiss adventurer is taking his solar-powered car on a world tour to promote conservation. His latest stop is in India.

As mining companies in South Africa dig to record depths to extract the remaining gold ore, many worry miners will be put increasingly at risk.

The Adriatic Sea 'plays' a giant Croatian organ. The instrument's designer was inspired by the sounds of the water meeting land.

The pressure on South African mining companies to dig deeper for remaining gold ore deposits may further endanger miners in an industry where accidents are commonplace.

Waves caused by a landslide into a flooded river wiped out a town in Chiapas, Mexico.

A new, likely endangered species of peccary—a member of the pig family—has been discovered in the southeastern rain forest of Brazil.

A new lava study adds evidence for the controversial theory that volcanic climate change, and not simply a giant asteroid impact, killed the dinosaurs.

With nearly 80 percent of Belgium-size Tabasco state flooded, about half of its two million residents are suffering, according to reports.

Spewing smoke, Indonesia's Mount Kelud is heating up for what may be its largest eruption in decades—or no eruption at all.

Floods in southeastern Mexico have left thousands in serious need of food and water. Authorities are worried about the possible spread of waterborne disease.

Indonesia's deadly Mount Kelud is spewing smoke, and scientists warn an eruption may be imminent. Still, many residents are reluctant to evacuate the area.