Che remembered, rare animals pelts destroyed, and more.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to publicize global warming.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will split the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for spreading the message about the threat to Earth from human-caused global warming.

Video: Prize Announcement

Rangers have been forced to flee Virunga National Park, leaving the rare apes unprotected amid an ongoing struggle between the government and ethnic rebels.

Thunderstorms can emit gamma rays—the most powerful form of light—just before lightning forms, a new study has revealed.

High winds and hail nearly the size of tennis balls struck southeast Australia "like a mini-tornado," damaging buildings around the town of Lismore on October 9.

Expect more sultry nights as human activities that contribute to global warming cause rising humidity around the world, experts say.

Gerhard Ertl today won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking studies of chemical processes that take place on solid surfaces.

Threats remain too great for Mexican gray wolves to be released into the wild. But a zoo baby boom is fueling hopes for reintroduction.

Beehives—or even recordings of furious bees—may help African farmers defend their crops against marauding pachyderms, new research shows.

Moon shuttles, rocket racers, and Mars bases are just some of the space highlights historians will commemorate 50 years from now, experts say.

The curly-horned kouprey is not a hybrid of two related species of ox, possibly ending years of speculation about its status.

Typhoon lashes Vietnam, Russia remembers Sputnik, volcano blows in Yemen, and more.

Tree houses are becoming an increasingly popular choice for United Kingdom adults interested in romantic and eco-friendly countryside getaways.

Along the Chinese and Kazakh border, many sheepherders are abandoning their traditional nomadic lifestyle in response to desertification and economic pressures.