Royal Dutch Shell cut its dividend for the first time since the Second World War.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page reveal the minds they would love to change for the better.

A binary star system that got too close to our resident supermassive black hole paid the ultimate price.

BP has been attacked from all sides, but it is the artist community that has provided its most thorough evisceration.

America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to satisfy USDA recommendations for all citizens. This infograhic makes the argument easy to understand.

Foods that are healthy also tend to be sustainable. Should the USDA guidelines reflect that?

Hungry purple marsh crabs threaten Cape Cod salt marshes by eating crucial cordgrass.

The Indian long pepper's use in traditional medicine dates back thousands of years.

Honda hybrid sales increased during September 2010 including a 338 percent increase for the Civic.

Fusion energy has proven an elusive goal.

When the upscale grocery moves into poorer areas, the potential benefits are huge.

Yoga studios around the country are scrambling to add daytime classes for kids to meet the demands of home-school families.

Some of the world's most prominent climate activists are headed to D.C. to protest against a proposed pipeline that would bring Alberta's unconventional oil to

Will Minnesota's most mystique-filled home go the way of Graceland?

The Elbphilharmonie features over 1 million computer-generated divots to shape sound within its main auditorium.

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

The demise of megalodon coincided with the loss of a third of the largest marine animal species, scientists say.

A new, highly speculative conjecture about the extinction of ancient humans is sure to raise critics' brows.

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

Walmart leads the way in generating solar energy from its store rooftops, creating 65,000 kilowatts from the sun. Big-box retailers are often cast as the boogie

The Southern Hemisphere will experience more devastating wind and waves as the world warms, according to new research.

If you are aiming for more minimalist surroundings but find it hard to part with things, this trick could work for you.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

Energy prices are going to get more expensive for all of us, but low-income households shouldn't have to shoulder the burden. Here's how we can help them.

And it's potentially more efficient than an LED.

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

There's no one-size-fits-all solution for raising HDL cholesterol levels, but it can be done — and understanding inflammation is an important step.

The biggest rodent to ever stalk the Earth lived about 3 million years ago — and it used its large front teeth the way today's elephants use their tusks.

A new study suggests that dark matter from the galactic plane may have been what really killed the dinosaurs — and it may one day threaten us.

Seeds found during an archaeological dig on First Nations land revive a long-lost varietal.

Researchers have launched a mission to find the Javan fishing cat, the rarest cat in the world.

Some of these massive beasts are familiar in form but enormous in size, while others are strange hybrids of modern-day animals.

New study from Australia suggests resurrection of extinct species could lead to a loss in overall biodiversity.

The sun, like many stars, may be a binary, meaning it could have a mass-extinction-causing 'brother.'

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

At least five similar die-offs have happened before, but this is the first in human history — and the first with human help.

The giant bug, Lord Howe Island stick insect, was rediscovered in the early 2000s, and now scientists have confirmed it's in fact them.

Vaderlimulus tricki is the first horseshoe crab found in Idaho rocks of the Triassic Period, and it has an uncanny resemblance to Darth Vader.

The crest-tailed mulgara was once a common sight in New South Wales deserts before other predators edged it out of the habitat.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern cougar extinct after it not being seen for over 80 years.

Can lost species ever become un-extinct? Many scientists believe it's only a matter of time before many extinct animals again walk the Earth through cloning.

BirdLife International has confirmed the extinction of eight bird species, including the Spix' macaw in Brazil.

Researchers discovered a Chelonoidis phantasticus giant tortoise on Fernandina Island. The last time this tortoise was seen was 1906.