A medieval church on wheels, a Great Wall fashion show, and a Chinese moon mission are among the week's eye openers.

Nearly a third of all primates are endangered, says a report today. Poaching and habitat destruction are among the chief reasons.

A newfound population of Iberian lynx brings the total number of populations from two to three, conservationists say.

How much Earth's climate will change due to global warming is inherently unpredictable, a new study argues.

After a two-year delay in delivery, the superjumbo Airbus A380 jet made its first commercial flight Thursday from Singapore to Sydney, Australia.

But wildlife officials are concerned that repeat fires in the past few years may overwhelm the ability of native plants to recover, taking a toll on wildlife.

Temperatures may rise to a point where animal and plant life start dying in massive numbers, scientists say. The theory is hotly debated.

California's raging wildfires have also created hordes of animal evacuees, many of which have ended up at the county fairgrounds.

Unrelenting fires have forced nearly one million people from their homes, in what has become the largest-ever emergency evacuation in California history.

Fueled by fierce desert winds, wildfires have charred at least 1,200 homes and forced more than 300,000 southern Californians to evacuate.

A quarter million people have been ordered to flee California wildfires. Fierce Santa Ana winds whipping the flames make the blazes difficult to control.

A Ugandan national park is a sanctuary for some 325 mountain gorillas, about half of the critically endangered species' population.

Futuristic cars from 17 countries set out to cross the continent on October 21 in the 20th biennial World Solar Challenge.

A moonlight-sensing protein triggers millions of corals to release their sperm and eggs simultaneously in the Great Barrier Reef, a new study says.

The invasive snail, originally imported as an exotic menu item, has instead left a trail of disease and environmental damage throughout the country, experts say.