The first image of the rings taken by a ground-based telescope is allowing astronomers to gain new insight by peeking where the sun doesn't often shine.

From a fearsome viperfish to a see-through squid, see the strange animals recently found on a deep-sea survey in the North Atlantic.

See pictures of the damage in Mexico and Belize caused by Dean after the powerful storm slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula.

Satellite imagery and scenes of destruction illustrate the first chapter of the storm's story as it heads for Mexico and the U.S.

See a roundup of this week's news: India celebrates its 60th year of independence, London's Big Ben gets a cleaning, Mexico's Saint of Death gets a makeover, and more.

A cache of 70 Jurassic-era fossils is offering new insight into the evolutionary history of this mysterious marine animal.

HRP-2 can lie down, serve tea, and help lift loads. Now researchers are hoping the graceful automaton can help preserve traditional dances as human performers fade away. With video

Groundbreaking new images have revealed the surprising sprawl of Cambodia's iconic imperial city.

As conservationists warn that bluefin tuna are near extinction due to overfishing, scientists are using the latest technology to tease out the fishes' migration mysteries and hopefully craft better protections.

Found only on the Asian island, the animals number only about 15,000 and are threatened by logging, plantations, and human settlements, a new satellite study shows.

See a roundup of the week's news: coal mine collapse in Utah, record-breaking battery-operated car, giant sea bloom, and more.

Unprecedented floods, heat waves, snowstorms, and wildfires have afflicted Earth in the first months of 2007, the UN reports.

Estimated at 16 feet (5 meters) tall, the giant marble likeness of Hadrian is among the most exquisite ever found, archaeologists say.

One's pretty, the other not so much. But a new species of shrew and a rare orchid were both discovered by scientists recently in the southwestern Philippines.

See images of the new Phoenix Mars Lander and the evidence for water on the red planet that the mission is designed to pursue.