Learn the tracks of animal species that live right next door, starting with these common neighbors.

Become an expert in knowing what birds are saying by studying these common species.

The Australian bilby is becoming more popular, and they may just take over as the country's animal representative for Easter.

Sea otters hold hands so they don't float away during naps, and baby dolphins don't sleep at all for the first months of life.

If a bird has zygodactyl feet, that means two toes point forward and two point back. This makes life easier for woodpeckers, owls, parrots and ospreys.

Scientists hope a new vaccination campaign will give Ethiopian wolves a fighting chance at survival.

Far from being gross, the slime of a banana slug is a marvel of nature.

The more we learn about elephants, the more we realize they are like us in so many ways.

These huge beasts have inspired myths of fantastic proportions. Get to know the real life dragons of Komodo Island.

These extraordinary marine mammals share a lot in common with humans.

Things you otter know about these charismatic mammals found around the world.

The rise and fall of Rev. Billy James Hargis, along with the popularity of Glenn Beck, makes our media columnist long for the days of the Fairness Doctrine.

TV personality and radio host dedicates an entire segment of her MSNBC show to examining the nest of lies Glenn Beck used in recent statements about weather and

World Bank backs desperate attempt to restore a glacier in Peru using nothing more than whitewash.

Searchers attempt to find the flyers, who crashed in Greenland in 1942, before they disappear into the sea.

A huge, emerging crack has been discovered in one of Antarctica's glaciers, with a NASA plane mission providing the first-ever detailed airborne measurements of

In mere days this June, a glacial lake in the Himalayas lost the equivalent of 42 Olympic-size swimming pools of water and then slowly refilled. And for the fir

Scientists took 1,445 photos of Chile's Jorge Montt glacier between 2010 and 2011, creating a time-lapse video of its dramatic retreat.

NASA has been mapping deteriorating glaciers in the Antarctic through the Operation IceBridge program over the world’s polar regions.

Greenland's ice sheet is on the move, with new images showing its glaciers moving 30 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Greenland and Antarctica are ho

A set of 80-year-old photographs discovered in a basement archive reveals the remarkable sensitivity of Greenland's glaciers to climate change, according to a n

Austria's Pasterze Glacier is quickly disappearing, but thanks to this giant, super-zoomable photo, at least you can see it up close before it's gone.

The prominent rift that opened up last in year in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier has widened and filled with snow, according to NASA.

Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.

The glaciers of the Andes Mountains have retreated at an unprecedented rate in the past three decades.

A tourist was able to photograph the epic collapse of Patagonian ice bridge Perito Moreno into an icy lake below.

Meet Yeti, a faithful rover of the robotic kind that sniffs out dangerous crevasses for convoys crossing glaciers.

Scientists used computer models to predict how the glaciers would respond to future climate change, and the results were not reassuring.

The world's glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making them responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise.

As global warming causes glaciers to retreat, long-dormant plants could be reborn.

Examining layers of offshore sediment can provide insight into the link between glaciers and climate change.

A massive iceberg, larger than the city of Chicago, broke off of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.

Typically thought of as a tropical climate pattern, the influence of La Niña spreads as far as Antarctica.

The disintegration of a giant Antarctic ice shelf that had been stable for millennia was caused by a chain reaction of lakes draining on top of the ice.

Researchers who have analyzed satellite images of the icy region suggest that the glaciers' acceleration may be cause for concern.

Icebergs that tumble into the ocean are the source of unusual "earthquakes" recorded at Alaskan glaciers.

The recently completed catalog will help researchers understand the effects of climate change and address water issues of local communities.

Antarctica is a land of ice. But dive below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and you'll find fire as well, in the form of subglacial volcanoes.

These caves may be beautiful, but they are often unstable and dangerous to explore due to persistent glacial motion and melting.

Greenland is famous for its massive glaciers, but the region was relatively free of ice until about 2.7 million years ago.

Thru-hiking is a way of life for substitute teacher and former marathoner Erin Saver.

Massive UV-resistant blankets are designed to slow down the melt.

A study from the European Geosciences Union suggests that undersea barriers could limit sea level rise related to melting glaciers.

Researchers in Greenland are studying how warming glaciers relate to sea level rise around the world. They had a front-row seat to the Helheim glacier calving.

NASA reveals the truth about 3.7-billion-year-old find.

These aerial images highlight the devastating effect global warming has on the arctic.

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.

The North American International Auto Show is re-energized, and here are some of the high-voltage highlights.

Am I the only one who finds the interior design of cars just as compelling as the exterior?

GM executives and defiant drivers rally to debunk Newt Gingrich's recent claim on the presidential campaign trail.