Scientists may be just steps from discovering the first habitable planet beyond our own. Gliese 581d, a planet orbiting the red-dwarf star Gliese, may be...

GREENVILLE, Miss. -- There’s an old saying in this stretch of the South: "The people of the Delta fear God and the Mississippi River." That...

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) -- In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early...

Critics of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission received fresh ammunition on Thursday when the agency revealed that many of the nation's aging nuclear power plants would...

Brian Luenser witnessed something Tuesday night he had never seen before: blue, purple, orange and red fireballs lighting up the Fort Worth, Texas sky. “I...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Damage from Alabama's deadly tornadoes could approach the state's record of $2 billion from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, Alabama's insurance commissioner...

The let-downs of the past year after the BP spill do not deter the hardy, vivacious souls of this wind-swept coast from remembering the good life and having some fun.

L.A. has given the green light to an epic project, hoping to recreate itself with the help of a timeless star who has been in a state of semi-retirement for decades. That star is the Los Angeles River.

MINERAL WELLS, Texas -- Since evacuating her lakeside Texas home, Jackie Fewell has turned her hotel room into the information hub for one of the...

Today marks the first anniversary of the worst environmental catastrophe in the history of the US.  Unfortunately, most Americans, including our politicians, are suffering from...

It’s an annoying fact that not everyone recycles or turns the lights off or makes efforts to so much as conserve water. So, what if the government stepped in and forced everyone to do all of those things? That’s what lawmakers in Bolivia are ta...

Celebrating it's 5th birthday, Earth Hour is back again. Join people in thousands of cities worldwide when lights are shut off for an entire hour...

Our galaxy might be a bit more crowded than we've ever thought. A new study by the scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,...

Saturday's full moon will be a supermoon. A supermoon is a new or full moon that happens to coincide with a close approach of the...

JOHANNESBURG — The U.S. does not expect this year's climate change conference in South Africa to yield a binding international agreement to stop global warming,...

Aspire to be both strong and fast? Turns out you probably can't be both. A recent study published in the journal Behavioural Processes found that...

Here in Minneapolis, the streets are clear and the mercury hits the 20s many days throughout the winter. And when it's not, follow these common sense guidelines to stay safe and warm.

"As the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to extend, concern is growing for the wildlife that stand ...

From Steve Szkotak, Huffington Post:  "A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and ...