FENTALE, Ethiopia — Sitting in the blistering sun as she cradles her 2-month-old baby, Genet Tamisat is one of hundreds of mothers waiting to have their children checked for malnutrition, as Ethiop

The number of rhinos killed by poachers in Africa rose for the sixth year in a row, threatening the survival of the endangered animals.

Submerged roadways, backed-up sewers, stalled cars and flooded homes: The dramatic scenes in and around Shreveport, La., were being repeated Thursday in the South as historic flash flooding continu

Climate troublemaker El Niño's strength — already tied for the most powerful on record — will peak within the next month before weakening in the spring, according to a forecast issued Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Muslim clerics in Indonesia and Malaysia have become unlikely warriors in the battle to save endangered animals, declaring wildlife poaching a sin in the two Muslim-majorit

Last month marked the warmest November on record worldwide at 1.75 degrees above average, a huge number in climate science, federal scientists announced Thursday.

Another day of torrential, flooding rain fueled in part from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia moved Monday into Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle.

The risk of major New York City flooding — such as what happened during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 — is likely to occur once every 25 years, rather than every 500 years, as a result of human-caused g

The "Doomsday Vault" just got its first bit of doomsday press: coverage of its first-ever withdrawal of seeds.

The normally cool Pacific Northwest endured its hottest summer on record, while several states in the Northeast and Midwest had one of their soggiest summers, according to new data out Wednesday fr