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

Modern corals may be able to adjust to acidic seas, according to a new study that found prehistoric corals were highly resilient to ocean changes.

Unless the Greek government implements strong protective measures, much of the 5 percent of Greek land burned this summer may never recover, environmental groups say.

Satellite pictures also show that the vast berg—aided by record low Arctic sea ice levels—charted a surprising course into warmer southern waters.

White-backed vultures—once plentiful in India and Pakistan—have become critically endangered. Now environmentalists are urging a ban on a common veterinary drug that may be poisoning the birds.

A volcano erupted on Sunday, September 30, in the Red Sea, collapsing part of a small mountainous Yemeni island and killing at least four people.

See the tragic results of a freak accident on an Kenyan river, and learn more about the animals' epic annual migration.

Ebola has struck at least 24 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting doctors fearful of an epidemic to set up an isolation ward.

Newly bred transparent frogs don't need to be dissected to see their internal organs and blood vessels.

Oktoberfest starts flowing, protesters march in Myanmar, Mars rover reaches a crater landmark, and more.

A sea lion pup that was seriously injured during last month's earthquake in Peru is released back into the ocean.

Early Polynesians traveled thousands of miles - from Hawaii to Tahiti - for trade and exploration, suggests a new study of woodworking tools.

A white-lipped snake and a fungus-like orchid are among the 11 new species found by WWF surveys in a remote tropical forest in central Vietnam.

New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu erupted without warning on Tuesday, covering a ski slope on the mountain's side with mud and injuring a resort worker.

A new rush to harvest iron, coal, and other minerals in Australia's Pilbara region is creating fortunes. But the unprecedented boom is also making life difficult for tourists, locals, and native groups.