Preserved human footprints in the White Sands National Monument give us insights into early humans' hunting practices of giant ground sloths.

Covered in a code no one can understand, the Shigir Idol is the oldest wooden structure in the world.

Pools of water on Earth's moon might have teemed with simple organisms.

The extinct cave bear Ursus spelaeus appears to have descended from a vegetarian line of bears.

A new, highly speculative conjecture about the extinction of ancient humans is sure to raise critics' brows.

Turtles use their shells as shields today, but these devices evolved for a completely different reason, paleontologists learn.

Based on our mostly destructive history of interacting with isolated cultures, we should stay away.

Fossil finders have ample opportunity to connect with experts through fossil ID days at museums, parks and universities.

These volcanic seamounts are rich with life and are estimated to be at least 30 million years old, formed when Australia and Antarctica broke apart.

The first animal to evolve on Earth was probably a sponge that existed around 640 million years ago.

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.

HIV might never have become a global pandemic if it wasn't for the ecology of what is now known as Kinshasa, and what was then a 1920s colonial hub.

Researchers uncover the remnants of lost continents hidden under the ice sheets of Antarctica.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

A whole new kingdom will need to be created to classify Hemimastix kukwesjijk, the organisms found in a random dirt sample.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

A startling find in Wyoming radically changes our theories about the distant origins of our taxonomic order.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

In A.D. 536, a volcanic eruption sent a thick haze into the air that blocked the sun over Europe, the Middle East and some of Asia for 18 months.

The bottom of the Pacific Ocean is actually cooling down. How is this possible? The answer is proof that Earth's systems operate on long timescales.

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.

Researchers say the collision of a planetary body with Earth, some 4.4 billion years ago, seeded the elements of life and also led to the creation of our moon.

This supposed moon rock is actually an Earth rock. It was likely jettisoned from our planet ages ago, eventually crashing into the moon.

Researchers have unearthed fossils of an extinct spider family that contain reflective material in the eyes that gave them superior night vision.

Anjouan is an island between Africa and Madagascar littered with sedimentary rocks called quartzite that don't belong there. Are they a chunk of Gondwana?

New research suggests it will take millions of years for extinct species to return to Earth.

Researchers are calling the wild lands of 12 million years ago the 'Texas Serengeti.'

Scientists say Zealandia meets all the requirements to qualify as a continent, even though 94% of it is underwater.

8 strange and surprising facts about the T. rex, king of the dinosaurs.

Donations to environmental organizations from many businesses to remain consistent in 2009.

Environmentally and socially responsible investment companies help make ecosystems and the economy more sustainable.

A Silicon Valley investor with a penchant for green technology raised $1 billion for a new venture fund. His vision: science experiments and clean technologies

First the Danes fund the largest wind company in the U.S. Now the Spaniards are set to open a 24-megawatt solar plant in California. Why are American investors

Guest blogger Greg Wendt offers a recap of the sold-out Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco.

Now that oil is trading for half of what it was last summer, will investors want to put their money into alternative energy sources? We look at the data.

A quiet deal between two of the world’s leading energy technology clusters, puts Copenhagen at the center of the expanding cleantech universe. Highlights from

Bloomberg On Demand's Green Investing video is a great primer for individuals who want to add more eco-friendly investments to their portfolio.

New study shows that nearly half the investment managers from some of the world's largest funds don’t consider climate change an important factor when making

Add $350 million to the already invested $350 million, and EV network start-up, Better Place, seems to have plenty of fuel to bring the world an EV network that

By creating mini-tornados using adjacent counter-spinning vertical turbines, WindHarvest International hope to revolutionize the productivity of wind power.

Tesla Motors raised $266 million during its IPO with shares selling for more than the $14 to $16 target range.

With the right rebates, solar panels can offer a return on investment far higher than you'll find in the S&P 500.

As the president leapfrogs from India to Indonesia to Seoul, he's making deals on green energy in the hopes of curbing climate change.

China is the world's largest polluter and the largest green innovator. It is a country full of environmental contradictions, but so is the United States.

Whether you filed your taxes early or are scrambling at the last minute, it's not a bad idea to start planning what to do with your tax refund.

How the Slow Money Alliance uses green investing to turn a profit and grow a community.

In addition to the $500 billion in government grants available, there are many other resources available too; strategic application writing can help get your bu

Conservative saver? Risky investor? Results of a new study suggest that your position in the family line-up may drive your financial decisions.

The Harvard University endowment fund lost $10 billion in 2009. Unable to dump toxic investments, the university had to find new ways to recoup this 27 percent

Four state-sponsored 529 plans earn a Morningstar gold rating.