Google announces breakthrough in mirror technology that could cut the costs of solar thermal power in half.

President Obama's proposed budget may be a longshot in Congress, but it still offers a preview of what he hopes to accomplish if re-elected this fall.

Novel generator uses harmless viruses to create an electric charge.

6-year-old Jermaine Bell cashes in his Disney World Fund to buy hot dogs and water for hurricane evacuees.

Trapped, starving dog is rescued weeks after Hurricane Dorian barreled through the Bahamas.

Suet is a high-calorie source of easily digestible food for birds, and making it couldn't be easier.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like a therapeutic residential facility that supports 250 students and 200 animals.

Doctors are seeing up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants.

New report lauds companies like Tiffany and Sears that have banned dirty gold, but 4 out of 5 jewelry manufacturers still use it. The 'No Dirty Gold' campaign h

Scientists will release harmless gases in the New York City subway to determine noxious gas threat

A new study suggests there should be official rules on how often doctors clean these essential tools.

Dozens of sunken ships off U.S. coasts, such as the Jacob Luckenbach and USS Arizona, are leaking oil or could in the future.

When it comes to plastic especially, it seems like a no-brainer to at least pick up some of it when you’re out in nature.

A new international study finds most people would rather be entertained by others.

Research out of Venice finds Irish dancing more helpful than physiotherapy for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

A small number of people can contract an ear muscle called the tensor tympani to block out sound.

Ice Age humans likely lived in these strange circles made from mammoth bones.

Eating food for healthy hair isn't a new, but did you know that hair problems like thinning or going prematurely gray can be prevented with food?

A new study turns the tables on the old "dumb blonde" stereotype.

A good diet alone may not be enough to get glowing skin, but you can make your own beauty elixirs and tonics to feed your skin from the inside out.

Temporary dye from Lauren Bowker of The Unseen works using thermoregulating molecules.

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.

Ever since Michael Cardenaz saved a hummingbird, the little bird keeps coming back to visit him.

Human noise is changing how some birds sing, while causing chronic stress and reproductive problems in others.

The drab potoo bird uses its coloring to disguise itself as a tree limb.

The 2019 Audubon Photography Awards highlight striking images of birds and the places they live.

Rescue workers swooped in and saved nearly 100 baby birds when tree in Oakland split and started to topple.

Black-backed woodpeckers love burned-out forests, but mega-fires are changing their lives.

See the winners of 2019's Bird Photographer of the Year, a global photographic competition featuring 63 countries and countless beautiful birds.

Research suggests white owls have a key psychological advantage when hunting by moonlight.

Study finds U.S. and Canada have lost 29% of birds in past 50 years.

When birds migrate at night, there are fewer predators but that doesn't mean it's safe.

Two-thirds of bird species in North America are at risk due to global warming, says Audubon, which offers new report and tools to help.

The male white bellbird attracts a mate by singing louder than a jackhammer.

A great horned owl is rescued from the ashes of the Maria Fire in California.

Grab your binoculars and help scientists study bird populations in the 2019 edition of the world's longest running citizen-science survey.

New York City passes bird-friendly building legislation to reduce collision risks for birds.

Video shows a majestic murmuration of starlings flying across a beautiful Irish sky.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

Scientists led by Frank E. Rheindt discovered new five new bird species and five more subspecies on three Indonesian islands.

The H5N1 influenza virus, also known as "bird flu," may well be more prevalent and less deadly than health officials had thought, according to a new study publi

Bird flu can be transmitted between mammals — and possible humans — needing only four mutations to do so, a new study published this week in the journal Nat

For about four months beginning in September 2011, 162 dead or dying harbor seals washed up along the New England coast. Most were pups, under 6 months old, and

Some prize pigs at Ohio's county fairs may have a dark secret.

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.

A new strain of bird flu in China has sickened nine people, including three who died

Although the rise in cases of the H7N9 bird flu in China seems to have slowed, health officials are developing a vaccine against the virus.

With influenza's yearly arrival imminent, a vast network of epidemiological surveillance systems is springing back to life.

A brand new flu virus has been found in Peruvian bats.