Scientists genetically engineer a new strain of female mosquitoes that cannot fly, hoping the handicap will curb dengue fever outbreaks.

Chemical material could speed clean-up at power plants by snapping its jaws at radioactive waste, leaving nontoxic byproducts alone.

Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming.

It could represent a biodegradable solution to the omnipresent pollution clogging our landfills.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a flexible packaging material that combines cellulose nanocrystals and chitin nanofibers. It could replace PET.

The paper Unocup ditches plastic in a bid to reduce waste and improve ergonomics.

The International Dark-Sky Association has a few ideas to reduce light pollution from sports facilities.

New studies link triclosan to osteoporosis and impaired muscle function.

Walking around an urban park inspires the same happy glow as you feel on Christmas morning.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

A study shows your reusable water bottle may be dirtier than your dog's dish. Here's how to wash your reusable items so they last longer and you stay healthy.

They're baaack ... nearly 30 years later, solar panels are once again gracing the roof of America's most famous neoclassical mansion.

Hydroelectric power has not received the attention that solar and wind enjoy, but that could be changing.

Clean energy sources are producing record amounts of power in markets across the world.

Israel’s largest international green energy conference takes place this weekend in Eilat.

WIth room for 5,000 residents, the $26 billion Ocean Spiral scheme offers a subaqueous alternative to overcrowded and costly terrestrial living.

Corporate renewable energy goals that once looked ambitious are being met much earlier than expected.

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.

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

Solazyme is making great strides with its biofuels, but their potential impact on greenhouse emissions shouldn’t be exaggerated.

Ethanol from switchgrass, a perennial plant traditionally used for foraging and decoration, promises to be among the next big biofuel breakthroughs marketed as

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

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.

Your next camping trip should include this camp stove, which is capable of efficiently burning biomass materials like pine needles, small twigs and wood chips.

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

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

We take a trip to a former Civil War-era insane asylum that has been called one of the most haunted places in America.

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

Sure, you've seen classics like 'A Christmas Story' and 'Miracle on 34th Street.' But have you heard of 'Holiday in Handcuffs'? We didn't think so.

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.

Atlanta to Appalachia columnist Benyamin Cohen and his wife prepare for the arrival of their first chicks — and the wide new world of raising chickens.

We tracked the journey of our new chicks online as they made their way across state lines and to their new home — our home — in West Virginia.

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

The lack of predators reduces the instinct to flee, according to new research.

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

This monster of a bug was recently discovered in a remote area of China's Sichuan province.

Game cameras give us a view into what happens in the woods when the sun goes down.

Handmade 'cuddlebatz' wraps swaddle distressed baby bats and make you forget all about vampires.

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

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

Following fresh eyewitness evidence, researchers are placing dozens of camera traps in a remote region of Australia.

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

Scientists have never seen a giant shipworm (Kuphus polythalamia) alive before, and it's the stuff of nightmares.

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

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

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

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

It stretches for at least 85 miles and is likely the keystone source of the region's fisheries.