Technology could be used to generate electricity or even propel tiny toy cars.

Developers hope the design will bring affordable lighting to people worldwide who live along the coast.

U.N. task force looks at turning one big problem into an energy resource.

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and other billionaires have announced a new private coalition to help fund development of nascent sustainable technologies.

Photovoltaic cells convert the sun's energy into electricity — but what if solar energy could instead be converted directly into liquid fuel?

Wave power has the potential to supply 25 percent of the nation's energy.

As President Barack Obama nears the end of his second term, let's take a look at his final record on the environment, climate change and green policies.

Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is instituting a plan to power its ships using dead fish, part of an effort to be more environmentally sound.

Scientists are working to harness the power of the static electricity to power our devices. It's a surprisingly mysterious natural phenomenon.

Advanced methane capture could make a significant dent in U.S. energy demand.

Politically, it would help if we could grow tropical jatropha in the U.S., but this could be an imported fuel we'll welcome at the pumps.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

Researchers claim that using enzymes to convert biomass to hydrogen could yield significantly more energy than current biomass-to-ethanol efforts.

The world's natural rubber comes from Southeast Asia, but the company is using an unassuming Texas bush to make its rubber all-American.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

A deceased celebrity tops Barbara Walters' annual list for the first time.

In a new book, a psychologist with an expertise in sex therapy and addictions has opted to focus on another passion: Eating.

The company that brands itself as kosher is now being sued by some of its customers who claim it actually isn't kosher.

A company that turns cremated remains into diamonds has made headlines turning loved ones and celebrities into jewelry. Next up? Fido.

Scenes from the Little People of America conference in Washington, D.C.

Watch street magician Andrew Mayne knock people's socks off with these eight stunts.

Politically active Facebook users are much more likely to "unfriend" people, a new study finds.

Once-in-17-year event in West Virginia brings out the bright and brave to study – and eat! – cicadas.

A 15-foot-python has been on the lam in Morgantown, West Virginia, for almost a week, and it's all anyone can talk about.

Author John Temple was granted unprecedented access to the controversial family.

Dramatic video shows the moment Jeremy Wade swims up to the 20-foot, 200 pound giant snake.

More than 4,000 deadly snakes call this tiny 110-acre island home, including one species with venom that can 'melt human flesh.'

Watch what happens when an eager young lion cub gets in too deep (literally) while dining on a freshly killed buffalo.

The Aldabra banded snail was believed to have been driven to extinction by climate change, but researchers have found a few stragglers.

These are the best preserved specimens of this extinct Arctic lion ever found.

Long feared extinct, the extremely rare Omura's whale was recorded by a team of biologists off the coast of Madagascar.

After decades of testing, agency says 50 remaining chimps will be retired to a sanctuary.

The surprising find shows just how much there is to learn about the biodiversity of southern Oregon's mountainous region.

Nile crocodiles are known for being maneaters, and now they've been accidentally introduced to Florida.

Video could finally offer insight into the mysteries about how sharks get their shuteye.

Closest living relative of Arktocara yakataga can only be found in rivers in South Asia.

A newly discovered hybrid of aurochs and ice age bison has been affectionately called the 'Higgs bison' due to its elusive nature.

Illacme tobini is the second leggiest animal species on the planet — but that's not it's only odd feature.

Video settles who is truly atop the ocean food chain.

New fossil reminds us of the bizarre life that once inhabited our planet.

The now-extinct pouwa was a semi-flightless swan that was closely related to the Australian black swan of modern times.

Helicopter-like aerial drones will patrol off the coast of popular Australian beaches.

Once the 2011 tsunami rolled back into the ocean, it swept marine life as far away as California.

This unexpected clash of alligators and sharks demonstrates which animal really sits atop the estuarine food chain.

These invasive species are wreaking havoc on reefs and the fish that live amongst the coral.

There are slow gains in equality of pay and power. Frustrated women are working on it.

Thanksgiving shoppers in search of the best holiday deals no longer have to head to the store.

The average smoker takes about six days of smoke breaks each year, so maybe nonsmokers deserve extra vacation days in return.

It's remarkable how attitudes change when the issue is in your own backyard, but progressive boomers are making themselves heard.

When vandals took over an abandoned cow tunnel in Portslade in Brighton, the community took it back.