The magnitude 7.8 temblor also trapped nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school in Sichuan Province, state media reported.

Hundreds of schoolchildren are trapped under the rubble and thousands are dead after a massive earthquake shook China's Sichuan Province on Monday.

As plants bloom earlier due to rising temperatures, caribou are arriving at their calving grounds when the bounty is past its peak, leading to fewer births and a lower survival rate, researchers say.

A deadly twister blew through a polluted former mining town in Oklahoma, sparking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to check for high lead levels on Monday.

A Picher, Oklahoma, man describes waiting an "eternity" as a tornado lifted his house with his family inside. They survived, but the twister killed seven.

Poisonous chemicals trapped for decades in ice are now seeping into the polar ecosystem via glacial meltwater, researchers report.

A Picher, Oklahoma, man describes waiting an "eternity" as a tornado lifted his house with his family inside. They survived, but the twister killed seven.

See a supercell light up the Texas sky, U.S. Marines braving a sandstorm in Afghanistan, the Olympic torch reach the top of Mount Everest, and more.

Tens of thousands of pets and farm animals were trapped as their owners evacuated. Cattle are dying, and pets have no food, but a limited animal evacuation is in the works.