Hear an Everest guide describe the rescue of an ailing climber who had been left for dead and was found hallucinating on a narrow ridge at 28,000 feet (8,534 meters).
Huge hordes of jellyfish are plaguing Mediterranean beaches, stinging tens of thousands of vacationers. Experts blame the invasion on warming seas and overfishing of the jellies' competitors.
This week: Interview with Snakes on a Plane wrangler, snake threat helped eyes evolve, ancient embryos x-rayed, U.S. lags behind in acceptance of evolution, more.
Boaters on the Suwannee River are having close encounters with curious creatures—giant Gulf sturgeon that leap out of the water for reasons scientists don't understand.
Thousands of snakes are shipped by air every week in the U.S. We ask the experts how they keep this creepy cargo from re-creating the mayhem of the new movie Snakes on a Plane.
An unusual sight livened the sunset for scientists working in one of the coldest places on Earth—a rare nacreous cloud, which form only at extremely icy temperatures.
Global warming may be a worldwide buzz kill, but it hasn't stopped canny entrepreneurs from launching a new beer brewed with water melted from Greenland's ice cap.
If you think you know the meaning of "night life," then you haven't gone scuba diving off the Florida Keys after dark. Join divers as they take in the evening show that is the ocean at night.
A new study reports that the much loved landscapes of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and ten other U.S. national parks are at grave risk due to climate change.
Unusually large numbers of dolphins and whales are appearing off the eastern coast of Scotland, where scientists believe the animals have followed their prey to cooler waters.
