The odds of a shark attack are already infinitesimal, but with a few simple precautions, it is possible to discourage them even further.

Check out the amazing transformation one man goes through after hiking from Georgia to Maine.

It's 'open season on open space,' according to The Cultural Landscape Foundation's 2017 'Landslide' report.

Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders, 82, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in a year.

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

Researchers used satellite images and medical records over an almost 20-year period to determine if access to green areas reduces schizophrenia risk.

BirdCast shows the volume and direction of birds in the U.S.

Paterson vetoes anti-fracking bill, but at the same time extends a more narrowly written moratorium on fracking.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame supports the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce's anti-fracking position. Cooperstown is located in central New York, in the hea

Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon responds to a NYT report that suggests the natural gas industry is part of a Ponzi scheme.

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'

'30 Rock' actor is the latest big name to go up against the natural gas industry.

Much like his role as the Hulk in the new 'Avengers' movie, actor Mark Ruffalo says his battle against fracking is about 'fighting for the common good.'

It may be a largely symbolic victory for environmentalists, but many critics of hydraulic fracturing hope it will set an example for other states to follow.

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

The Youngstown quakes were triggered by wastewater injection, scientists have discovered.

Brazen raccoon bandits may be trying to trying to send Toronto a message. They have been showing up in all sorts of places.

Working eight hours a day for two years, Jalandhar Nayak cut nearly five miles of road through the mountainous terrain of eastern India.

We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Julie Marburger paints a dim picture of the American classroom.

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

Some are eyeing empty department stores as potential transitional housing for the homeless.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

Endurance athlete Ben Lecomte attempted to swim across the Pacific Ocean to bring attention to the state of our oceans.

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson appeared on The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart couldn’t resist asking.

Lisa Jackson's first official visit to China results in the creation of a new committee, but will the committee be able to achieve anything?

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.

The EPA will continue to draw fire, but the veto weapon should protect the agency as long as Obama is in the White House.

The GOP is treating the EPA chief like a human punching bag — but she can strike back.

Site for wind farms is not exactly the type of field you picture a retired NFL linebacker scouting. But Sean Tufts is not your typical retired player. Nor is he

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.

From one of the world's top pistachio-producing regions, comes a not-too-entirely nutty idea: Burning waste shells to heat buildings.

It’s as if Hollywood writers and directors have decided that by the time we are fighting space wars, misogyny will be a thing of the past.

On the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth, a brief look into his life captures what makes the writer an American icon.

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.

Horror movies scare us, and that may be a good thing for our overall mental health.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is so sensitive it can see objects optical telescopes cannot. Here are some incredible images it has helped capture.

Pigs are smart, emotional animals that have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. In the Year of the Pig, here are some surprising pig facts.

Redditor Demo_of_demo shared this beautiful photo taken from high atop his wind-turbine "office."

It's worth keeping tabs on some of the super-cool clean tech projects being backed by ARPA-E. Here are some of our favorites.

Renewable energy will surpass natural gas as the planet's No. 2 electricity source by 2016, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

New study says it's not about the best light, but where solar and wind can do the most good.

Here are 10 places with a reputation for bountiful breezes ... and, sometimes, winds that are a lot stronger than that.

Here's how to make a small space look and feel bigger without adding an inch.

Furnishings that pull double or triple duty really earn their keep.

Is getting shiny kitchen and bathroom fixtures really as easy as rubbing a fresh lemon on them? Our food blogger finds out.