Novel generator uses harmless viruses to create an electric charge.

Meteorologists predict a mostly normal 2019 hurricane season, but that doesn't mean there's no danger.

Giving human names to hurricanes may seem odd, but it's part of a major shift in our relationship with tropical cyclones over the past 60 years.

6-year-old Jermaine Bell cashes in his Disney World Fund to buy hot dogs and water for hurricane evacuees.

The wild horses of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have been riding out storms for centuries.

When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, this rescuer opened her home to nearly 100 dogs.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like the one giving people in Ghana and India reliable access to clean water.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like the one that helps Kadin Hoven and his family escape the difficulties of chronic illness.

There's a poaching ring focused on some succulents in the genus Dudleya, which can fetch millions on the black market in East Asia.

New findings show manure burns cleaner than traditional fuels, more intense hurricanes are predicted, a housing trend could cut carbon emissions and more.

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

Doctors are seeing up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants.

North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina may have something to gain when it comes to offshore drilling, but the events of 2010 remind us that they also have

The winds and waves of Hurricane Sandy spilled enough sewage to match BP's oil spill more than 50 times over.

Before you haul away that busted appliance, here are some creative ways to re-purpose it.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... if it's in New Orleans, it's just a Black Hawk helicopter airdropping old Christmas trees.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

Bonnaroo's food waste program gets food to those who need it most and composts the rest.

Pine needles can be broken down and transformed into paint.

Incineration has become America's stopgap solution following China's crackdown on imported foreign waste, and it's hurting low-income communities.

There's an 'urgent need' for rules governing the use of lab-grown brains.

New research suggests life on Earth sprang from geothermal vents in the deep ocean.

Researchers found the brains of people who spent months in the Antarctic got smaller. What they learned applies to all of us.

Research out of Venice finds Irish dancing more helpful than physiotherapy for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Researchers have developed dancer-recognition software that's astoundingly accurate.

The hard material known as cementum in our mouths may record our lives' most intimate details.

New research finds that parents who suppress their anxiety actually transmit it to their kids.

By playing and joking with young patients, Carrick makes going to the hospital a little less scary.

We have a new, official word for all that gym wear you're seeing everywhere these days.

Better skin and hair may be only a pot of rice away.

Eating food for healthy hair isn't a new, but did you know that hair problems like thinning or going prematurely gray can be prevented with food?

How about an out-of-this-world accessory for your Valentine?

Gwyneth says you can 'technically' eat her beauty products. He breaks out the fast food to test her theory.

Visitors using improper footwear to hike the popular Cinque Terre along the Mediterranean will now face steep financial penalties.

Amateur photographer Steve Biro takes a riveting photo of a bald eagle and his mirror image.

Study finds U.S. and Canada have lost 29% of birds in past 50 years.

Grab your binoculars and help scientists study bird populations in the 2019 edition of the world's longest running citizen-science survey.

Video shows a majestic murmuration of starlings flying across a beautiful Irish sky.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

When we come down with the flu, we might think the worst is over after a week of a sore throat and body aches. But such viral infections may have lasting, unsee

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

New report finds that closing schools during a flu epidemic could halt the spread of the illness and keep people out of the emergency room.

A fungal infection called Valley Fever is on the rise in the Southwest United States.

New study finds that pregnant women — and their babies — might be at an even greater risk for the flu virus.

Wearing a surgical mask can stop you from getting the flu, provided you're very diligent about it.

From managing stress to fighting cancer, tea has many benefits to help someone live a healthier life.

Watch as a WWE observer releases beautiful olive ridley sea turtle from entrapment.

Colquitt, Georgia is home to the largest hand-painted mural in the U.S., a mural that depicts what life is like as a farmer.

This clip is part of an ongoing project to answer the question, 'What if animals were round?'