An eight-limbed girl, a celebration of skulls, and a monster hailstorm are among the world's most eye-opening images this week.

Deadly seismic forces are on display at the Anak Krakatau volcano, which erupted this week. Several Indonesian volcanoes have acted up recently.

Oil-covered birds are among the first victims of this week's oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. Scientists say damage to wildlife could last years.

The Dutch island of Terschelling has a knack for attracting gifts from the sea. This time it's bananas from the Tropics.

Yellowstone National Park is rising more than three times faster than has ever been measured, thanks to growing pressure from the ancient volcano on which the park sits.

Global warming may be to blame for Australia's unprecedented seven-year drought, which has become so severe that farms are disappearing as rapidly as rivers.

Florida's red tide blooms are fed by wind-driven nutrients from the Mississippi River, scientists say. The finding may help in forecasting bloom flare-ups.

Poverty and tradition drive some Haitians to eat cakes of clay, salt, and butter. Nutritionists fight local beliefs about the dish's merits.

A severely polluted river in northern China is running red and making villagers chronically ill, a new government report says.

Almost a century after a mysterious explosion flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists say they have found a crater made by the cosmic object that created the blast.

A Swiss adventurer is taking his solar-powered car on a world tour to promote conservation. His latest stop is in India.

As mining companies in South Africa dig to record depths to extract the remaining gold ore, many worry miners will be put increasingly at risk.

The Adriatic Sea 'plays' a giant Croatian organ. The instrument's designer was inspired by the sounds of the water meeting land.

The pressure on South African mining companies to dig deeper for remaining gold ore deposits may further endanger miners in an industry where accidents are commonplace.

Waves caused by a landslide into a flooded river wiped out a town in Chiapas, Mexico.