Workers fled the leaking gas well hours before it caught fire, once again shedding light on the Gulf of Mexico's risky relationship with offshore drilling.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to acquire NV Energy, and Sen. Harry Reid wants to help.

The worldwide shortage of helium threatens many industrial, medical and military applications far beyond balloons.

A nearly 70-foot-long dock floated onto an Oregon beach after being torn loose from a fishing port in Japan after the tsunami.

Fisherman discovered a dock from the Japanese tsunami off the shores of Hawaii.

The devastating earthquake that ravaged Japan in 2011 may have also wreaked havoc on vital fisheries.

Using historical records and new technology, researchers have narrowed the cause of the "tidal wave" down to the epicenter of the spooky source's earthquake.

While its name might evoke scenes of Mother Nature at her most destructive, the Tsunami House on Camano Island, Wash. revolves around comfort and resilience.

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, which recently received SFI chain-of-custody certification, has launched a new sustainability campaign.

A new report suggests that while many countries are getting better at managing their tropical forests, deforestation remains a very real danger.

Toy giant freezes purchases from supplier accused of deforestation.

Pluto and its mysterious neighbors hold perhaps some of the most exciting astronomical discoveries to come.

It's official! Two tiny moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto finally have new names: Styx and Kerberos.

A new photo from New Horizons shows Pluto's towering ice mountains cast and frozen nitrogen glaciers.

A new NASA video uses photos from New Horizons to give you a sense of what it would be like to soar over Pluto.

NASA asked the internet for help in choosing a nickname for the Kuiper Belt object named '(486958) 2014 MU69.'

The Solar Homestead, a nifty homage to early Appalachian mountain settlement camps that wowed the crowds at the 2011 Solar Decathlon, is now available from Ashe

Blu Homes arrives on the L.A. market with a Breezehouse model home boasting SoCal specific features including bigger walk-in closets and more windows.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

Vipp, the venerable purveyor of high-end trash bins, gets into the prefab vacation home business.

Make sure your knives are sharpened and spice rack is stocked so time in the kitchen this holiday season goes more smoothly.

Decorate your table with this inexpensive, natural arrangement that also happens to be compostable.

Get ahead of the holidays by making and freezing unbaked and baked pies, crusts and filling before the rush.

The 2017 Beaujolais Nouveau has just been released, fulfilling the destiny of many French gamay grapes.

The find is roughly 2 billion years older than any other known fungus fossil.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

While hiking in New Mexico's Las Cruces desert, Jude Sparks tripped over a stegomastodon skull.

Neanderthals might be extinct, but their genes still live on inside of us.

The discovery of rare pterosaur eggs is being heralded as one of the most extraordinary discoveries in paleontology.

Surprising evidence linking Australia and Canada reminds us that our planet is a dynamic place.

A paper hypothesizes that some of our language skills evolved out of specific cave art features.

The extinct cave bear Ursus spelaeus appears to have descended from a vegetarian line of bears.

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

The bottom of the Pacific Ocean is actually cooling down. How is this possible? The answer is proof that Earth's systems operate on long timescales.

Anjouan is an island between Africa and Madagascar littered with sedimentary rocks called quartzite that don't belong there. Are they a chunk of Gondwana?

NASA's Cassini orbiter and other telescopes reveal stunning pictures of the planet and its rings.

Arctic sea ice, the white cap that covers the watery northern edge of the planet, has melted back to a record low level.

A new study finds that earthworms cause soil to release more greenhouse gases.

After scrutinizing thousands of peer-reviewed climate studies, the largest analysis of its kind reveals a 'gaping chasm' between science and public perception.

The Swedish home furnishings giant plans to offer 'lower carbon alternatives' to the signature pork and beef meatballs sold at its in-store cafes.

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.

The climate-changing greenhouse effect exists and has been directly measured in the United States, a new study reports.

Even though Earth is already in an ice age, a surplus of ice is the least of our worries.

Climate change may be stripping nutrients from the most basic of foods, and that's making its way up the chain to us.

A weather balloon has broken the record for the longest balloon-borne experiment in Antarctica, and is still going strong.

In continued efforts to track changes in glacial and sea ice, NASA's IceBridge plane has begun collecting data in Greenland.

Of the 271 general purpose laundry detergents the Environmental Working Group evaluated, only 7 scored a rating of A.

If you are looking for ways to make your holiday meal a lot more interesting, look no further. These vegetarian and vegan recipes are not only gourmet but most

Bulldog rides zipline to Costa Rican treehouse home