More than 50 sea lions have been found bludgeoned to death on an uninhabited island in the Galápagos, sparking calls for stricter controls on the islands.

A magnitude 6.3 quake shook northern Chile Monday but there were no reports of injury or damage.

Ape researchers are exposing their wild subjects to fatal respiratory diseases, a new study says. But researchers also offer the animals protection from poaching.

A previously unknown species of uakari found in a mountainous region is already rare and "quite vulnerable," a primatologist announced.

As elephants browse through trees on the African savanna, they create nooks and crannies for geckos to hide from predators and the hot sun, according a new study.

Earlier springs and warmer winters are causing hibernating animals to wake too early or not sleep at all—putting many animals on the path to extinction, researchers say.

Parts of the Eurasian country have been digging out from massive snowfall, with up to ten feet (three meters) reported in the central regions.

An 1872 law that allows mining companies to buy land in the U.S. West for about $5 an acre is running smack into 21st-century sensibilities.

Bats are dying off by the thousands around New York and Vermont due to a mysterious ailment dubbed "white nose syndrome," researchers say.

Global warming is causing reduced snowfall and earlier melts, which will leave the U.S. West parched during summer dry seasons, scientists have found.

Fish farms currently provide sustainable populations of fish for eating, but fish raised in open-net farms can spread disease and parasites to wild fish.

Farmers in South Asia and southern Africa are at particular risk of growing food shortages due to climate change in just 20 years, a new study says.

Cross River gorillas have been spotted hurling grass and tree branches at invaders, including humans—something never before seen in the wild, scientists say.

Faced with skyrocketing food prices, Haiti's poor have turned to "mud cookies"—salt, vegetable oil, and dirt—to stave off their hunger.

Common sunscreen ingredients awaken dormant viruses in the algae that keep corals alive, killing the algae and causing reefs to bleach, a new study says.