Want to wish upon a shooting star? November is one month when you can definitely do that.

Annual celestial event often produces large bright fireballs that scorch the night sky.

See sculptors from around the world turn piles of sand into beautiful (but temporary) art at the World Championship of Sand Sculpting.

Video: Move over, Georgia O'Keeffe! Masterpieces by Autumn de Forest have fetched nearly $250,000. She tells Matt Lauer, 'I love to paint' and 'I do it every da

Eight year old artistic genius has been compared to masters such as Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso.

More than 1,000 visual art submissions are narrowed down to 5 winners in a unique contest to find compelling images that can be persuasive voices for the enviro

TckTckTck's mosaic:EARTH combines 'deep zoom' technology with social action to encourage people around the world to join in the growing sustainability movement.

At the Cancun climate talks, one art installation dominated the headlines at a turning point in history.

Experts of Paleolithic art in France say some cave drawings have a reoccurring theme.

Artists Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang find materials for their eco-art pieces by picking up plastic debris from the beach.

Hundreds of restauranteurs and food industry professionals gathered to experience the new tastes and trends for 2011 at the 18th annual International Restaurant

Artist Patterson Clark naturally 'harvests' areas plagued by weeds and uses the leaves, roots and stems of much-loathed plants to produce handcrafted art suppli

Alan Kimble Fahey, the hirsute ex-phone service technician behind a folksy, sprawling rural California compound known as Phonehenge West, is found guilty of vio

Brighten up a humdrum room while celebrating your favorite wilderness area with beloved illustrator Charley Harper's National Park poster series available at th

Enter The Nature Conservancy's digital photography contest for a chance to see your work on the cover of the nonprofit's annual calendar.

A young New Yorker buys, via Craigslist, an uninhabited 91-acre island in Lake Superior with plans to create a small, sustainable artist residency while keeping

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 14-20, 2011, including the not-so-nutty professor behind the The Periodic Table of the Elements an

One man's trash is another man's art. Take a look at six artists who have taken discarded items and turned them into upscale, high-dollar artwork.

A compilation of the best original stories from Mother Nature Network for the week, including Bear Grylls' eating habits, a webcam of Mount Everest and much mor

Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project.

Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.

Sure, they do a better job at posing for photos than discouraging birds, but this army of eclectic scarecrows installed at one of the Hudson's grandest historic

A folk hero/renegade builder is sentenced to 539 days in jail after failing to pay for the demolition of hi folk private residence/art installation.

Filipino artist and environmentalist Vincent Francisco Navarro paid homage to coffee farmers by painting portraits of them with used grounds.

These stunning busts are crafted using recycled circuit boards, CPUs, wiring, keyboards and other salvaged electronics.

It's amazing what light can do when seen from the right angle. Check out this beautiful sunset sky from the mountains of Costa Rica.

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.

These programs are designed for writers, visual artists and even musicians to take time off for inspiration.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

Artist Amy Guidry uses dreamlike and unusual images to make a statement about the relationship between humans and the world.

Artist Ian Berry's creation is made from the most familiar of materials.

Wearing snowshoes, artist Simon Beck carved intricate geometric designs into snowy landscapes.

The Chauvet paintings in France are a study in humanity's connection to animals, the earth, and each other over time.

Well, after months of hard work with the best advisors money can buy, Ford & GM announced a bold strategy to revive their ailing industry — more government lo

Using a diesel engine to power a hydraulic power system, Lightning hopes to take X Prize.

A new survey shows that fewer Americans are interested in flex fuel vehicles and instead prefer fuel-efficient standard gasoline models.

An eel named Miguel Wattson is behind the holiday display at the Tennessee Aquarium.

Scientists at the world's largest particle accelerator announced today (Dec. 13) that they'd narrowed down the possibilities for the existence of the elusive Hi

Physicists love the Higgs boson, but they hate the God particle. The elusive Higgs particle, which scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accele

Scientists have unveiled new evidence suggesting the 'God particle' really exists, a revelation that could change how we think about the universe.

Physicists at the world's largest atom smasher announced on July 4 that they are more than 99 percent sure they've found a new, and heavy, boson particle, that

From gravitons to winos, here are five bizarre things that may exist beyond the Higgs.

Every decision in the design of a grocery store is made to make you buy more stuff.

From Michael Jordan to J.K. Rowling, these superstars prove the value of perseverance.

There’s a new mosquito-borne virus in town, and it has some experts worried.

Are you a mastermind when it comes to slumber? Test your sleep smarts here.

He may be one of the most famous men who ever lived, but there's plenty to learn about Nelson Mandela.

From confounding dress codes to exclusion from many events, the road to gold for women has had plenty of quirky twists.

Despite their unhealthy ingredients and piles of sugar, a candy bar could actually be a better choice than these energy and protein bars.