Environment

The Water-Gate creates a flood barrier when the waters rise.

Bee populations are at risk, and this paper is made to help save them.

The cellulose in animal dung has already been processed, making paper manufacturers' jobs easier.

The tropical flora could one day be a common sight at higher latitudes.

They'll be softer, too, but still not painless if you step on one.

The state's invasive species population is out of control.

Cutting-edge tools that will help us understand the most unexplored regions on Earth are the focus of a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.

What could go wrong?

Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University, © Stony Brook University

Scientists just discovered 1.5 million penguins living on a chain of remote Antarctic islands, thanks to satellite images of their telltale poop.

NOAA, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

They sport those floppy ears from the moment they hatch.

A new study found that breakfast sandwiches have a bigger carbon footprint than other between-the-bread options.

If you're spending all of your time at home with Netflix, you probably aren't driving too much.

The Atlanta-based team behind the Squirrel Census wants people to know more about their bushy-tailed neighbors.

The formations that give the park its name could vanish as soon as 13 years from now.

Sites where bombs were detonated contain less TNT than sites where they were deactivated.

Trees provide shelter, shade, beauty, clean air—and, sometimes, pure entertainment. These 40 trees all have something special about them.

Larger homes can earn up to $200 a year.

Between 1992 and 1996, artist Agnes Denes built a mountain.

The 1987 Montreal Protocol prohibited the use of ozone-destroying substances. Now, it looks like it paid off.

The goal is to return CO2 to where it came from—and keep it there.

The Self-Deploying Flood Barrier That Could Keep Cities Dry Without Sandbags

This Paper Is Designed to Feed Bees

Cow Manure and Elephant Dung Could Be Used to Make the Paper of the Future

Palm Trees in Canada? It Could Happen, Thanks to Climate Change

LEGO Is Rolling Out Its First Sustainable, Plant-Based Blocks

Why Scientists Are Hunting Down Iguanas in Florida

7 Technologies That Are Revolutionizing Ocean Exploration

This Buzzed-About Modular Hive System Lets You Keep Your Bees Indoors

Poop Visible From Space Helped Scientists Find a Remote 'Supercolony' of Penguins

Watch the First-Ever Footage of a Baby Dumbo Octopus

Watch an Antarctic Minke Whale Feed in a First-of-Its-Kind Video

Here's How Much Traffic Congestion Costs the World's Biggest Cities

Dunkin' Donuts is Ditchin' Their Foam Cups

How Colorful Stripes of Wildflowers Could Reduce the Need for Pesticides

Your Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwiches Have a Hefty Carbon Footprint

Good News: Being Lazy Can Be Good for the Environment

See a Squirrel? These Citizen Scientists Want to Know About It

The Troubling Consequences of the Vanishing Ice at Glacier National Park

Scientists Suggest an Environmentally Conscious Way to Deal With Land Mines: Blow Them Up

40 of the Most Interesting Trees Around the World

California Startup Pays Users to Consume Less Energy

A Man-Made Mountain in Finland Serves as an 11,000-Tree Time Capsule

The Ozone Layer Is Healing, Thanks to an International Ban on Harmful Man-Made Chemicals

See How This Power Plant in Iceland Turns Carbon Emissions Into Stone