The gassy hotspot is centered over New Mexico's San Juan Basin, where some 40,000 wells suck out natural gas trapped in coal seams.

Earth has broken temperature records for 14 months in a row, and 2016 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. Yet there is still time to intervene

Four years in the making, the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production is a groundbreaking look at the Earth's polar regions.

A new visualization from NASA offers a unique view of life on Earth.

Feeling a little full of yourself? Check out these 19 boys and girls who actually did something about the world's ills before they even got to their 20s.

We've found several camping areas on lakes, rivers and the ocean that offer beautiful views and plenty of recreational opportunities.

Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

Shawn James retired in his mid-40s and is living off the land, including building his own log cabin in the wilderness of Ontario.

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

The Finns love to forage, treating the outdoors in Finland like a wild supermarket. Here's how to start this habit where you live.

Markku Lahdesmaki's photo series 'Avanto' illuminates the Finnish hobby of ice swimming.

EPA head Lisa Jackson will decide if dust standards for U.S. farms and ranches should be left alone or tightened.

What if dilithium crystals were an alternative energy solution? Here are 7 fictional energy sources.

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.

Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht, a leading expert on snowflake formation, is proud to have added scientific accuracy to Disney's hit animated musical.

These 'Groundhog Day' quotes are perfect for when you feel like you're living the same day over and over.

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

In approving an offshore wind farm, the Scottish government handles Donald Trump in a manner in which everyone should handle Donald Trump: They ignore him.

From Ikea to Walmart, corporations are increasingly interested in generating their own power. Where does that leave utilities?

Looking to simplify your life, save some money, boost your health and help the planet? Then these grandma-tested customs are for you.

From sticky to stainy, here's what you need to clean festive messes.

Part of living with pets is dealing with the smells they emit. Here's how to do it.

Despite warnings to keep detergent pods away from children, poison control centers are still besieged with calls.

For space-strapped, design-conscious urban apiarists, Dutch electronics giant Philips unveils the sleek Urban Beehive as part of its eco-futuristic Microbial Ho

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

Raymond Wang, 17, won prestigious $75,000 award for engineering a system to make cabin air safer.

This amazing video shows Carlos Barrios, the thirteenth miner rescued from the mine, being pulled to the surface.

After two days of being glued to the news watching the miners emerge, it’s time to celebrate.

Our houses are way more efficient than they used to be, but we're using more energy per capita than we ever have.

We can't just build better; we have to change the way we live.

The era of 900-watt-and-higher vacuum cleaners comes to an end in the European Union due to new efficiency standards.

Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa is the first to cross the Pacific on a paddleboard.

Within a few years, most of the power for Chile's sprawling subway system will come from renewable energy.

More than 100 cities across the globe get 70 percent or more of their energy from renewable sources, according to London-based CDP.

GM will be repurposing 100 miles of oil-soaked plastic boom from the Gulf oil spill into plastic parts for the Chevy Volt.

Planet Green to premiere new documentary about the impact on Gulf residents of the largest oil spill in American history.

Using a sample from the very riser pipe that the plume escaped from, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist Christopher Reddy and his team ascertained tha

Usually folks in Louisiana are upbeat and busy in May, the month when shrimpers get back to work. But this spring, catches are down, docks are idle and anxiety

At the time of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the spring of 2010, computer models predicted that the 200 million gallons of crude oil pouring out of the gus

More than 12 miles of Louisiana coast have been closed to fishing following the discovery of tar balls and other toxins.

Researchers hope these rhinos could serve as surrogate mothers, saving the northern white rhino subspecies.

After reports of icy pens, rotten food and sick animals sparked an outcry, 97 orcas and belugas have been released from a Russian 'whale jail.'

What's the best green advice your mom ever gave you?

The people of Harriman, Tenn., woke the morning of Dec. 23, 2008, to find their community awash in a billion gallons of toxic coal sludge.

A new study reveals that a lean, fit body equals happy teeth and gums.

PVC puts out a lot of nasty stuff when it burns, and it's probably still in the soot.

The Jambato harlequin frog had been feared extinct for at least the last 30 years.

Even core areas of pika habitat 'are vulnerable to climate change within a timeframe of decades,' researchers say.

This is the first photograph ever taken of the bizarre and mysterious species, Thismia neptunis.

Researchers study the genetic secrets of the world's last Pinta Island tortoise.