It was a record year for all-time weather records. Temperatures shot past previous highs on 263 occasions in the U.S. alone. A tornado in Brooklyn?

Rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula is decimating local populations of the tiny birds, which rely on winter sea ice to feed.

The third anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami is observed, China unveils its first homemade commercial jet, Bavarian "monsters" celebrate Christmas, and more.

Shorter winters and shrinking ice caps are threatening many Arctic birds and mammals, Finnish experts say.

Pacific salmon are colonizing Atlantic waters off Argentina, posing a serious threat to penguins and other native wildlife that compete for food, experts say.

Bamboo-dependent pandas competed with ten-foot apes—and maybe even early humans—for food and territory in ancient China, scientists familiar with new fossils say.

The deadly floods and mud this week come three years after the earthquake-triggered tsunami that killed more than 150,000 in Indonesia alone.

Take a photographic tour of the remote seed bank deep inside a Norwegian mountain that is designed to house the world's crop varieties in case of a global catastrophe.

A wall enclosing a tiger that escaped and killed a teenager on Christmas was shorter than recommended, San Francisco Zoo officials say.

A seed bank being built on a remote Arctic island could stem the global disappearance of little-known but potentially valuable agricultural plants, a conservationist claims.

The large, easily spooked marine mammals are forced to cluster together on land as ice floes melt due to global warming.

A dozen dolphins stranded on a Tasmanian beach were saved by volunteers who waded through cold ocean water to make the rescue.

Officials from tiny Palau to the Pentagon are investigating ways of harnessing solar power from space, where it's much stronger than it is on Earth.

Mistletoe might do more than bring strangers together for a quick kiss. The parasitic plant plays a surprisingly large role in the well-being of forest plants and animals, experts say.

As exports of native hardwood flourish, wildlife and water resources in the east African country are taking a serious hit, conservation groups warn.