Pounding fortified beehives with big sticks and other tools, a chimpanzee group in Africa has been filmed using the most sophisticated honey-gathering methods yet seen among wild chimps. Video.

Unless they're looking for mates, Australian dingoes, wild native dogs, don't roam as far as previously thought, new research shows. Video.

As islands in eastern India disappear under rising seas, residents are losing land, homes, and farms. Video.

Japanese government scientists unveiled a robot "woman" with a nearly natural, hip-swaying walk. "She" changes mood as instructed and will strut in a fashion show. Video.

In researching sea turtles in Australia, National Geographic's Crittercam researchers discovered a surprise in the eating habits of the marine creatures. Video.

Pelicans are among the victims of an oil spill that damaged 40 miles of Australian beaches this week. Video.

A Thai snake farm produces antivenom and thrills. Here, snake handlers dazzle tourists—and have the scars to show for it. Video.

In a West African village, the sea is consuming an average of three to six feet (one to two meters) of land a year. Video.

In a rural African village, the creeping Sahara sands are burying homes—so much so that sand sometimes pours through open windows. Video.

Eastern gray whales are migrating farther south along Mexico's Pacific coast, according to the country's environment secretary, who says global warming is the likely cause. Video.

In a rare video, mother and baby Javan rhinos have been captured in a mud pool. With only about 60 surviving, the elusive rhino is said to be the world's most endangered mammal.

A giant air purifier was installed recently along a busy street in Lima, Peru. Its makers claim it can clear carbon dioxide from 200,000 cubic meters of air each day, the equivalent of 1,200 trees.

NASA is scheduled to launch the Kepler spacecraft later this week. The space observatory will spend more than three years traveling through space searching for Earth-like planets.

A tiger, believed to have killed at least three people in Indonesia, has been captured. Conservationists hope the cat can be returned to the wild.

More than a hundred residents of an Australian island pitched in to help save dozens of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins that had stranded on a beach Sunday night.