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.
Mining is booming in Australia to feed Asian demand. But the new mineral rush is straining relations with native groups, stressing a fragile environment, and making life for locals difficult.
Two British scientists have come up with a controversial global warming solution: putting thousands of giant pipes in the ocean to spur the growth of algae.
Arctic sea ice is melting faster than ever before, U.S. scientists said in September 2007, when ice receded to record lows. See the satellite images that tell the story.
A proposed facility in the Tana River Delta has ignited debate over whether the project is the best way to boost the economy while protecting biodiversity.
An object that struck the high plains of Peru on Saturday, causing a mysterious illness among local residents, was a rare kind of meteorite, scientists announced today.
Natural formations or 5,000-year-old city ruins? Scientists are still divided over the origin of mysterious stone structures off the coast of Japan's Yonaguni Jima.
A bear, a beheaded caribou, a cigarette-smoking deity, and other wild wonders stalk our selection of winning pictures from the latest Banff Mountain Photography Competition.
