The vision of an energy-efficient super grid that allows powers companies to communicate real-time may be possible through Google-Spectrum Bridge partnership.

A dramatic film explores the physical and emotional challenges of living in a peak oil scenario.

Answer 20 questions to get your resiliency score -- and find out how self and community-sufficient you are.

For almost 40 years, Art and Nan Kellam lived off-grid on a Maine island, eschewing modern technology, but not each other.

Music for Relief, a charitable network of music greats, wants to help light up the darkest homes in Africa though the Power the World campaign. The goal: Lift m

If fracking techniques pollute water supplies, what will happen to beer production?

The Guest-Imator is a digital portion calculator that even considers the amount of leftovers you want to have. It works for vegan meals, too.

Mayor Sadiq Kahn wants Londoners to stay hydrated with public water fountains while generating less plastic waste.

Organic supermarket chain EkoPlaza teams with an anti-plastic waste group to launch a supermarket aisle liberated from plastic packaging.

The specialized DNA of cockroaches makes them dumpster divers extraordinaire.

In England, Tesco supermarket is overhauling its fresh produce department to fight food waste.

This weekend will feature several overlapping events meant to combat a growing plague of garbage around the world.

The dictionary's most popular word of the year has to do with waste.

You may love Amazon Prime, but the environment doesn't.

Those helium-filled balloons you've seen bobbing in the breeze are the least important use of this critical element, especially since we don't have enough.

When you can smell garbage from miles away, pizza doesn't stand a chance with bears.

Getting along with neighbors can yield big health benefits for birds, a new study finds. It's probably good for us, too.

The newly identified species weaves silky air chambers to survive high tide.

The predators burn energy 1.6 times faster than previously thought, a study finds, helping explain why the loss of sea ice hits them so hard.

Wildlife biologist Steve Barlow has invented a nest box that can be added to utility right-of-way markers across the U.S. and Canada.

Think bird-watching is boring? It's not if you visit these 10 destinations during bird migration season.

The Bramble Cay melomys lost most of its habitat to rising sea levels.

We often hear about the negative impacts of stress, but some stress is necessary — and even healthy.

In case you want to give brain-training games a shot, here are 4 to try.

Psychologists and scientists are concerned about the rising rates of suicide among children, and what the shrinking gender gap might mean.

A colorful oath or spirited expletive can heal the body and soul. (We have the science to prove it.)

Certain scents can cause a rush of feelings — even if you don't always remember why.

A few hacked e-mails does not overturn the mountain of science behind global warming, and if you think otherwise you're either coldly disingenuous or informatio

Soil is drying up all over the world, Google is dropping big bucks building a wind power transmission line, and a spider and centipede battle it out.

Center for Environmental Health's new guide attempts to consolidate electronic buying guides from many nonprofits.

Zerofootprint's TalkingPlug device turns everyday electrical outlets into miniature communications hubs, allowing remote monitoring and control of energy use by

A scientific team from South Korea has just created the first bendable lithium ion battery.

If the Motes project is successful, it will make remote sensing as easy as using an iPhone. They are currently raising funds on Indiegogo,

Today's technology allows us to look deep into what was previously invisible, revolutionizing our understanding of microorganisms.

From data storage to time-saving, a seamless network of everyday objects in the workplace would make offices more efficient and productive in a variety of ways.

Sustainability played a key role at this year's CES with both the CEA and Bosch donating materials and funds to Habitat for Humanity green building efforts.

Almost everything we use runs on direct current, so why are our houses still wired for alternating current?

The latest agricultural apps are helping farmers boost productivity and profits.

But there are things you can do if you find a big 4K TV under the tree.

Almost 40 miles of coral reef and beach around Cancun and Puerto Morelos are now insured against storms.

A video capturing the screech-filled feud has gone viral.

A storm chaser captured stunning clear video of a perfect tornado in Wyoming.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added 19 new locations to its list of World Heritage Sites and expanded the boundaries of another one.

Few natural wonders encapsulate the sublimity, power and impermanence of the wild better than roaring waterfalls.

Carefully managed fire is used as a tool to protect wildlands from invasive plants and other threats.

A wildlife corridor in Brazil's Atlantic Forest will help animals like the golden lion tamarin thrive in its preferred environment.

Pando, the world's largest-known organism, is dying. But there might still be time to save this wonder of nature.

The UP North Loop offers a unique but daunting tour through an array of wild landscapes.

With the right equipment and preparation, it can be worth the hard work of venturing into the wilderness in winter.

A wet and rainy winter after a wildfire year could give California a beautiful super bloom.