Several canoes paddle toward Makoko, a vast floating slum built on stilts in the lagoon at one end of Nigeria’s economic hub ...

The unexpected threat posed by melting permafrost — including ground instability and infrastructure collapse — is outlined in ...

Scientists find strange sea pigs, giant sea spiders, and a butterfly-like animal beneath the Antarctic Ocean’s icy surface.

Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo ...

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is ...

Scientists say it's too early to tell how the migratory season will end up for gray whales as they begin to head north toward ...

The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac ...

The last box, however, was filled with something else. Live animals such as iguanas and freshwater crocodiles were found packaged in plastic containers, officials said. Screengrab from the ...