A new national park opens and a conference that dismisses climate change is held.

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey are founded.

Hernando Cortez arrives in Veracruz, and a natural gas pipeline explodes in Louisiana.

A nuclear treaty goes into effect, and Lake Champlain becomes 'Great.'

Wildfires rage across Texas and Oklahoma, and Spain gets a windy weather energy bonus.

A noted botanist is born, and evolution can't keep up with extinction.

An Italian volcano erupts, and BP is warned about 'unstable' cement.

An EPA chief resigns due to scandal, and kangaroos become unprotected in the U.S.

A seashore is protected, and a religious group wants to 'do better' on climate change.

A blizzard buries the northeastern U.S., and the American Alligator becomes endangered.

The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes, and a rock star becomes an environment minister.

Exxon pays for the Exxon Valdez spill, and a tire fire burns in Philadelphia.

Einstein is born, and the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established.

Oil gushes from California, and a spring blizzard freezes the U.S. Midwest.

'The China Syndrome' is released, and the Ford Excursion makes its debut.

Mount Agung erupts, and a law aims to reduce the amount of antibiotics used on livestock.

Johnny Appleseed dies, and Cornwall has an oil spill.

Despite being ancient, a fruitcake found in the Antarctic from a 1911 expedition looks as fresh and unappetizing as the day it was made.

Researchers suggest our most lasting legacy will be chicken bones.

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.

Get ready to spring forward, get up early and catch some beautiful sights in the March sky like the Crow Moon, the occultation and vernal equinox.

Older people are also spending far less time socializing or reading. That's not a healthy combination.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $151 million to 37 forward-thinking energy research projects.

Two groups have received $80 million in funding from the ARRA for advanced biofuels research.

In the latest installment of the Faces of the Recovery Act video series, the U.S. Department of Energy showcases 1366 Technologies.

DOE Recovery Act awards continue with the recent announcement of $92 million in funding for energy research programs.

Solyndra's public and highly controversial bankruptcy filing is affecting other solar projects.

An item you need may be for sale in your own neighborhood — at a price way less than retail.

MIT engineers say this cheap, low-energy process can remove CO2 from the air.

The global effort aims to help protect native tree species and reduce the billions in potential damages.

The ability of royal jelly to help heal wounds is yet another great reason to love (and save) the bees.

While research on the lab-altered H5N1 virus that can be transmitted between mammals in laboratories is put on hold, scientists are debating how to balance bios

The new process may provide a revolutionary, all-purpose flu vaccine.

Experiments to determine how the H5N1 bird flu virus might gain the ability to spread easily among humans are no longer off limits.

The government released a framework to determine to fund research that could create a version of the bird flu virus that could infect by airborne droplets.

By monitoring the number of times people look for flu information on Wikipedia, researchers may be better able to estimate the severity of a flu season.

A big year for Antarctic sea ice is causing headaches for ship captains.

Chimp Haven sanctuary has new open-air corral for climbing, playing and exploring.

Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox is on a mission to identify the most wondrous sounds on Earth.

This year's Pritzker Prize winner, Shigeru Ban, brings sustainable, innovative architecture to disaster zones in the form of resilient paper-based structures.

Hoping to better protect loggerheads, scientists get creative in finding a way to track the years that baby turtles spend in the ocean.

Crazy for Coconuts: Ford and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Research Using Coconut Fibers in Vehicles

Enormous holes in sea ice called polynyas are explained with help of robot floats, satellites and tech-equipped seals.

The young female set a new speed record for her species.

The plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is hotly contested between oil companies, Alaskans and conservation groups.

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

Climate change could affect our food supply at the same time that global population is increasing.

Species is so rare that it hasn't been seen since an account in 1873.

Wolf puppies pick up on human cues and can catch and return balls.

As much as two-thirds of the U.S could be plunged into record-breaking cold, but autumn isn't done yet.