You can fly! New thrill attraction at London's Archbishop's Park caters to urban adventurers with Peter Pan aspirations.

Birds may go quiet, bats may fly around and pets may become uneasy, but it's difficult to predict exactly how non-human animals will react.

'What are we supposed to do?' one hiker whispered as a puma stared them down in Sequoia National Park.

The story of how a day spent on a frozen Maine lake skating turned into a mildly viral video.

The natural surroundings at these picturesque concert venues sometimes steal the show.

With these first-aid tips and proper planning, you and your dog should be ready for anything.

One man says a century of rhetoric on oil shale shows that it's an idea that will never come to fruition.

Does 'fracking' need a new name? The slang for hydraulic fracturing sounds dirty and disconcerting — and now a study finds it even curbs support for the contr

As the season of giving approaches, support your local food bank's commitment to give less junk food and donate only nutritious food.

While the debate is ongoing, there are humane alternatives to killing a lobster besides boiling.

Gilbert High School seniors in South Carolina are raising money to get service dogs to veterans with PTSD.

Cards are piling up for the man whose heart literally broke when his dog died.

Not every dog goes straight from the shelter to a happy ending, but Baloo's story is the most unlikely of all.

There's microplastic all around us, and we're consuming it at astounding rates, according to several studies.

Particle accelerators do more than collide subatomic particles and atoms together — they provide clues about the universe.

Researchers have developed solar concentrators that can be placed on windows or cellphone screens.

You might already know that Dory is a Pacific blue tang and Nemo is a clownfish, but how well do you know the other species that are represented in the films?

Featured in several Hollywood productions, the arch and its support pillars collapsed after heavy coastal storms.

Anxiety and fear give way to joy and awe when we tune into scenes of the natural world, finds a study commissioned by BBC, makers of "Planet Earth II."

This grizzly bear cub thought he was just enjoying a day at the river's edge before a scallop shell ruined it.

"It's 'Just' Anxiety," a film by Susan Polis Schutz, shows how the mental health issue manifests itself in various people and how they treated it successfully.

Director Goh Iromoto's cinematography and sound for his latest stunning effort will move your soul to hit the water.

Gary Fisher, the dog owned by late actress Carrie Fisher, perked up every time Leia spoke.

Anecdotal social media posts suggest that the Marvel blockbuster 'Black Panther' is spurring folks to adopt black cats.

"Isle of Dogs,"Wes Anderson's new stop-motion animated film about teens coming to the rescue unintentionally parallels real-life movements in the U.S.

A star is born as terrier mix Monte leaves a shelter and heads to Hollywood.

The Scottish government recently approved the construction of a wind farm set off the coast from Donald Trump's golf course.

Watch the fire spin and swirl as its driven up towards the heavens by an array of well-placed box fans to the soothing tune of 'Moonlight Sonata.'

After using the bathroom, 95 percent of people fail to wash their hands long enough to kill harmful bacteria.

The key to sparkling, streak-free window panes isn't chemicals, clean windows naturally with these tips.

Hoarding is a vicious cycle of anxiety, indecision and, finally, comfort that sends hoarders' brains into overdrive, a study finds.

You know you'll be interrupted at work, so learn to plan for it.

If you can't bring yourself to go all Marie Kondo on spring cleaning this year, try taking more attainable baby steps.

These tips should help you get pet hair off your dog, cat, house and clothes.

New research conducted in the UK reveals that diseases common in "managed" bees are now reaching wild populations.

Photographer explains the story behind Indonesia's majestic Kawah Ijen volcano, which appears to spew eerie blue lava.

Gone but not forgotten, these once-bustling mining outposts offer visitors a look at Old West ghost towns, from kitschy to untouched.

How do you clean up a river? The answer is twofold: treatment and dilution.

To chill or not to chill? For these items often found in the refrigerator, the answer ranges from 'not always' to a resounding 'never!'

New research finds that exposure to mildly cooler temps may be the key to shedding pounds.

For starters, it's more energy efficient than a standard door that swings.

From coffee grounds to flushable wipes, avoid these no-nos when rinsing and flushing.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

Officials determined the color is caused by pollution in the nearby Kasadi river, and shut down a factory accused of dumping dye.

The Nature Conservancy teams with the Archdiocese of Washington to curb urban runoff at a 150-year old cemetery.

Over 500 workers have been mobilized to deal with the endless tide of garbage inflicting the beaches of Santo Domingo.

This infographic breaks down how plastic pollution is killing marine life and what you can do to prevent it.

NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has been decommissioned after 10 years of data collecting on other galaxies and black holes.

Gordon Fullerton, an Apollo-era NASA astronaut who was among the first test pilots to fly the space shuttle, died on Aug. 21.