Butterscotch ooze, pink crusts, and blue-green goo are just some of the multicolored mineral deposits being excreted by cave-dwelling microbes, researchers have announced.
Blue-green ooze in Hawaii and crunchy golden crusts in New Mexico are among newfound mats of microbial waste that could offer clues in the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists say.
Shoddy oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a judge ruled Wednesday. The decision could cost the federal government up to two trillion dollars, one expert predicted before the ruling.
The world's oceans, which normally gobble up carbon dioxide, are getting stuffed to the gills, according to the most thorough study to date of human-made carbon in the seas.
A three-year-old boy died after allegedly eating the highly toxic pesticide carbofuran, outlawed in 2008 in Kenya after farmers used it to poison lions and other wildlife.
Some unusual ingredients, from heroin and cinnamon to rocket fuel and birth control drugs, are lurking in the world's freshwater supplies, scientists report.
With help from Michelle Obama, Sesame Street kicked off its Google-hyped 40th-anniversary season Tuesday—the first in new a two-year environmental-education effort. "Scary" issues like global warming, though, are off-limits.
Along the coast of Abu Dhabi, development is spilling into the sea, smothering the sea grass beds that nourish rare marine mammals called dugongs. Video.
A lot of people—some even reportedly contemplating suicide—are "genuinely frightened" the end of the world will arrive in 2012. Experts say books, Web sites, and marketing for 2012, the movie, may be fanning the flames.
A weakening tropical storm Ida, which will come ashore late tonight or early Tuesday, is likely the last major threat of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters say.
With help from Michelle Obama, Sesame Street kicks off its Google-hyped 40th-anniversary season tomorrow—the first in new a two-year environmental-education effort. "Scary" issues like global warming, though, are off-limits.
Supposed Maya predictions of the end of the world in 2012 have some people seriously scared. See what experts say about the unknown planet predicted to pummel Earth, the cataclysmic "galactic alignment," and more.
Sesame Street character Cookie Monster is gobbling Google's logo for the show's 40th anniversary. But around the world it's other Muppets that steal the show—and reflect the cultures and conflicts of each region.
Part of a growing trend, a Danish family of seven has installed its own wind turbine to produce all the electricity the family needs while reducing its carbon footprint. Video.
