How hip to hybrid cars are you? Zero to sustainability: Test your hybrid car IQ with this quiz.

After the 2007 Burning Man, volunteers repurposed a solar array for a local school. That installation led to many, many more.

In rural areas, Internet connectivity can be a powerful force for economic empowerment.

New documentary from the director of 'Fuel' and 'The Big Fix' offers real alternatives to fossil fuels.

The concept shoe is reminiscent of the electronic-laced shoes from the 'Back to the Future' movies.

Thousands of drilling rigs are idle and roustabouts are being laid off. Why not put them to work drilling for renewable energy?

Australian teen's invention could help make clean water easy and affordable to access.

These are the largest towns in America with the smallest environmental footprints.

Kerosene lanterns are dangerous, polluting and unhealthy. That's why one charity aims to eliminate them by the end of the decade.

Build enough Powerwall batteries and you can run the world on renewable resources.

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

With the power of 5,000 suns, the real engineering breakthrough with the Solar Sunflower might be its cooling system.

No outlet needed for this lamp — just plug it into the nearest plant.

The same thing that keeps the lights on and appliances humming tastes great on a cracker.

Although solar panels do most of the heavy lifting, so to speak.

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

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

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

Connecticut inventor and tinkerer Dave Nichols thinks cars should run on biomass. He just might just be on to something.

How much wood would a wood car burn if a wood car could burn wood? What's better than a car powered by wood? How about a car powered by wood, made of wood?

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.

An new power plant in England turns waste wood into power. But it doesn't burn it.

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

With more sophisticated satellite imagery, we can view Earth from space in new, enlightening ways that expand our understanding of the planet.

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.

Kathy Shea Mormino ditched the legal profession to become The Chicken Chick.

Green Bank, West Virginia. is literally one of the quietest places in America, the perfect place for scientists to listen for E.T.

Scientists aren't sure yet just how widespread these beautiful, glowing hawksbill turtles are.

Could virtual reality change our relationship with the natural world?

Phylliroe is a type of nudibranch, or sea slug, that has evolved to look and swim like a fish. And that's not the only weird thing about it.

Otherworldly caves naturally lit by the eerie gleam of glowworms are a sight to behold.

Thousands of people have been walking over the fossil for decades without knowing it.

Video settles who is truly atop the ocean food chain.

The harrowing story of how the dog managed to finish the race with his adopted companions will melt your heart.

Australian researchers have traced the largest dinosaur footprint ever found, an intimidating 5-foot, 9-inch long impression made by a giant sauropod.

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

New research backs the tortoise in the classic fable, suggesting slow and steady always wins, no matter the race.

The Inaccessible Island rail (Atlantisia rogersi) can only be found on a single Atlantic island in the middle of nowhere. Here's how it got there.

Whether you learn a language or listen to music tonight can impact how you perform at work tomorrow.

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

People donated about $50 each to help save and restore the historic La Mothe-Chandeniers castle in France.

Passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 who died on Sept. 11 honored at the national memorial site in Pennsylvania.

The benefits of hobbies and how to choose an activity that can help take your mind off work and add some fun to your life.

These sweet, inspiring and silly commercials are Super Bowl stars.

The Golden Globes, BAFTA and the Oscars have all committed to a greener production and ceremony. Are these noble pursuits or just greenwashing?

Mark your calendar for math holidays that celebrate moles, spirals and an endless string of numbers!

Libraries are closed, but you don't have to leave the house to benefit from reading a free book during the pandemic.

Swarms of jellyfish are clogging water intakes at power plants around the world, and a new study explains why jellyfish populations are on the rise.

Hundreds of street artists from 30 countries descend on Bristol, England, to showcase their talents at Upfest 2017, an annual urban paint festival.

billy barr spent the last 40 years living alone in a cabin in Gothic, Colorado, and collecting meticulous weather data about temperatures, snowfall and more.