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See natural treasures to be protected in three new marine monuments announced by U.S. President Bush—world's largest land crab, giant coral, and more.

The designation of nearly 200,000 square miles of pristine waters as marine monuments, including the deepest place on Earth, will be a "savings account" for the future, one conservationist says.

Asteroid debris around the remains of dead stars once like our sun show chemical signatures similar to the makeup of our solar system's terrestrial worlds, according to a new study.

Darwin missed a species; stethoscope hears sound of silence; nixing mosquitoes naturally.

The first infrared panorama of the Milky Way's center has revealed a previously unknown population of massive stars scattered across the turbulent zone around our galaxy's core.

Geologists in Hungary have been exploring a newfound underground lake beneath the capital, Budapest. The lake system is believed to extend 25 miles (40 kilometers).

A Texas-size asteroid may have sparked a U.S.-size landslide on ancient Mars, says a new study that hints at the origin of a mysterious red planet region.

The little-known reptile from the Galapagos fills a crucial gap in the evolution of land iguanas, scientists say. But its future may not be as rosy.

Saturn's true colors, baby blue stars, and an anniversary on Mars are among the week's best space images.

National Geographic News asked six science bloggers to each choose the most important, most overlooked, and strangest stories of 2008.

The discovery of microscopic diamonds in 12,900-year-old soil supports the controversial idea that comet swarms caused a die-off of ice age mammals, a new study says.