Landsat captures images of eruption at Klyuchevskaya

NASA has just released images of the ongoing 2013 eruption at Klyuchevskaya, one of Russia’s tallest and most active volcanoes.

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes near Japan

A strong earthquake struck Saturday morning (local time) off Japan's coast. No Pacific-wide tsunami warning issued, but a local tsunami warning included the crippled Fukushima nuclear site.

Aboriginal hunting practice increases animal populations

Burning approach mixing practical philosophy and knowledge leads to near doubling of lizards and improves habitat.

Smog disrupts life in northeast China

Major smog has closed major highways, schools, and businesses across parts of northeast China this week.

Birdsong recordings harm birds

Although playing recorded song to lure a bird into view is frowned upon by birdwatchers, some people still do it. Will these new findings get them to stop?

View from space: Russian missile contrail

Two astronauts' photos of the contrail from a Russian missile launch

Fossil reveals earliest known central nervous system of an animal

Scientists traced iron deposits that occupied the space of long-gone central nervous system tissue. An outline of a 520-million-year-old central nervous system emerged.

How climate change affects microbial life below the seafloor

Sediments from the deep sea give insight into the dynamics of the deep biosphere.

View from space: Life reclaims Mount St. Helens

Two satellite images show how life has returned to Mount St. Helens since the volcanic eruption of 1980.

How endangered porpoises hear in one of the world’s busiest rivers

New research on how the highly endangered Yangtze finless porpoise navigates and communicates in th high-traffic waters near China's Three Gorges Dam.