Israel and Jordan have teamed up to construct an artificial reef in the Red Sea that is designed to draw divers away from the fragile natural reefs.

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.

Wildfire ravages California, divers try out the life aquatic, Typhoon Nari lashes South Korea, more.

Changes in temperature and rainfall in the Americas and worldwide may be rolling out the welcome mat for disease-spreading mosquitoes, experts say.

Bogs that "burped" methane contributed to climate 55 million years ago, a new study says. Will wetlands play a similar role 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.

An unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist.

See what towns made the list of the world's dirtiest cities, and witness the grim toll that pollution is taking on people and the environment from Peru to China.

Satellite images show that rapid Arctic ice loss has completely cleared a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Deadly cobra guards $125,000 sandal, Russia detonates "father of all bombs," Ethiopia rings in year 2000, more.

Images of the elusive Chinese mountain cat might help experts better understand the animal while increasing public awareness of its plight, researchers say.

Photos: See the Rare Cat

A female shorebird was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles (11,500 kilometers) nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, without taking a break for food or drink.

Salmon surrogates have created young that are 100 percent trout, researchers say. The technique could be used to produce species that are endangered or even extinct.