Dramatic scenes of destruction along Texas' Bolivar Peninsula have many officials reconsidering the risks of coastal development in low-lying beach towns.
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Scientists discover a tiny "ant from Mars" in the Amazon, a one-horned rhino is recaptured, and more in our weekly update of animal photos.
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Watch as some Hurricane Ike victims in Texas get their first glimpses of the storm damage in their communities.
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NASA animations show dramatic Arctic ice melt again in 2008, which saw the second smallest Arctic sea ice cover on record, scientists announced this week.
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The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to the second smallest area on record, despite 2008's "natural" summer conditions. The ice may disappear in the summer within a couple of decades, expe...
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Improved planning for pet owners helped some animals weather the storm, but uncounted others with their stranded owners may still need rescue, disaster response teams say.
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A total crackdown on the trade of wild animals for food could prove disastrous for people in Central Africa, who have few alternative sources of protein and income, experts say. Warning: graphic image...
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A typhoon—as hurricanes are called in parts of Asia—caused massive flooding and a major landslide that buried a tunnel entrance in Taiwan.
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An ant with no eyes and a pale body is so different from other known ants that it earned an extraterrestrial name, say biologists who found the new species.
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See how the major storm pummeled the Texas coast, shredding buildings, flooding streets, and knocking out power for millions of people.
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Hurricane Ike will be entered into the record books for the severe damage it inflicted in and around Galveston, Texas, experts say.
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The May 12 quake that devastated China's Sichuan Province increased stress along three nearby fault lines, doubling the chances of another major seismic event in coming years, scientists say.
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See aerial footage of Hurricane Ike's worst damage: flooded neighborhoods,destroyed homes, boats on land. The hurricane struck Saturday,devastating Galveston, Texas, and other Gulf Coast towns.
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A late swerve by Hurricane Ike as it approached Texas Saturday spared Galveston from an expected 25-foot storm surge, meteorologists say. But Ike still delivered a punishing hit.
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See scenes of Hurricane Ike's devastation from a wide swath of coastalLouisiana and Texas, including flooding, fires and wind damage in Galveston andHouston.
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An estimated 140,000 Texas residents ignored evacuation orders before the hurricane hit. Now many are stranded amid debris and floodwaters, stuck in attics or on roofs, and without power.
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Coming ashore as a strong Category 2 storm, Hurricane Ike blew out windows, flooded streets, and forced rescue crews to wait to begin helping the thousands of residents who chose to stay put.
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Hurricane Ike isn't the first epic storm to slam Galveston, Texas. Seescenes of the devastation from what is still called the worst naturaldisaster in U.S. history.
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Chilling warnings of "certain death" have residents of the Texas coastal town gearing up for the worst -- and recalling the devestating 1900 storm that killed 6,000.
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Genetic testing of captive oriental white-backed vultures suggests the diversity needed to ensure the species' future will taper within three years, a scientist says.
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