Sixteen teams from colleges across the country spent three years building hybrids, plug-in hybrids and even hydrogen cars. This week in Washington, they met in

The wild horses of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have been riding out storms for centuries.

Before you check the medicine cabinet, you might want to look in your backyard for a healing plant.

10 tips from a horticulture specialist for keeping your warm-growing, sun-loving cacti and succulents happy and healthy this winter.

New findings show manure burns cleaner than traditional fuels, more intense hurricanes are predicted, a housing trend could cut carbon emissions and more.

The winds and waves of Hurricane Sandy spilled enough sewage to match BP's oil spill more than 50 times over.

Popular online shopping holiday produces billions of dollars in sales — and billions of boxes in the trash.

Several bee species have begun using manmade plastic waste to build their nests, according to several studies.

Numerical palindromes can be read the same forwards and backwards.

Researchers have developed dancer-recognition software that's astoundingly accurate.

By playing and joking with young patients, Carrick makes going to the hospital a little less scary.

Under a new initiative from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a group of companies and nonprofits are supporting a new initiative aimed to reduce clothing waste.

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

By working together, we can address food production and recycling, as well as other pressing issues in the product supply chain

The deforestation situation in Indonesia is not entirely bleak, thanks to the efforts of the Katingan Project.

The Sustainability in Prisons Project transforms prisoners’ lives while enriching the planet.

After her sister’s death, Elizabeth Van Meter saw a haunting photo that changed her life. Now she’s helping others change theirs.

Through The Learning Tea in Atlanta, entrepreneur Katrell Christie is helping educate teenage orphan girls in India so they can achieve their dreams.

With COVID-19 accelerating the underlying trends in China’s medtech industry, new business models are likely to emerge.

To navigate the next normal, Indian insurers must consider the potential recovery scenarios and act quickly and decisively.

This is how you can detect mold in your home and what to do about it.

This fun indoor craft project allows kids to customize their very own miniature garden, plant succulents in a container, and watch them grow.

Decorate both the interior and exterior of your home with live plants and accents from the garden, like evergreens and acorns, for a festive holiday atmosphere.

Websites like FamilyTreeNow and even Whitepages have a surprising amount of your personal information.

If you're inclined to give, here's how to find a worthy recipient.

Find out where to fill up with biodiesel on a road trip.

Fair Oaks Farms now powers 42 tractor-trailers with compressed natural gas from methane, the largest project of its kind to date.

Smog in northern India is so bad, it's the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

The conceptual Dutch Windwheel takes the term 'mixed-use development' to dizzying new extremes.

Tyer Wind has based its proposed wind turbines on a hummingbird flapping its wings.

By 2020, onshore wind and solar power are expected to be cheaper sources of new electricity than any fossil fuel.

New book about the painkiller industry has already been optioned by Warner Bros.

Once-in-17-year event in West Virginia brings out the bright and brave to study – and eat! – cicadas.

Author John Temple was granted unprecedented access to the controversial family.

The Aldabra banded snail was believed to have been driven to extinction by climate change, but researchers have found a few stragglers.

Santa's not the only one who gets to hang out with these interesting animals.

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.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates 'forgotten giant' sculptures in the wilderness.

Video from Dhaka, Bangladesh shows a young man climbing out to rescue a kitty stuck in a window.

Kindergarten class in Michigan joins their 5-year-old classmate in court for his official adoption.

A UPS driver thought he saw something in the snow. Turns out it was a tiny, white puppy that had been abandoned.

A tiny poodle named Porschia not only escaped a hawk's clutches, but made it back home again.

Businesses help homeless dogs get adopted through beer cans and pizza boxes.

An old dog named Toretto who waited years at the shelter finds the perfect family.

There are lots of ways to be experience awe through everyday things — even from your couch, and even during coronavirus lockdown.

Freezing winds from Lake Erie turned houses into ice after two days of gale-force winds.

Conformity and anti-conformity are just two sides of the same coin.

Kindles from before 2013 need a critical update by March 22 or they will lose Internet connectivity.

Georgia Aquarium's award-winning mobile app uses open-source image recognition software to help visitors identify more than 50 sea creatures.

New research finds a protein in honeybee semen that makes the queen temporarily blind.