The world's first water-based, electricity-generating wind turbine is set to be installed off the coast of Norway this coming weekend.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite the U.S. government's plans to spend $13 billion establishing high-speed rail across the country, much of the work to lay the tracks and send the trains chugging will fall to the states, Vice President Joe Biden said on Wed.

ScienceDaily (June 3, 2009) -- What's the secret to surviving during times of environmental change? Evolve...quickly.

A robotic sub called Nereus has reached the deepest-known part of the ocean.The dive to 10,902m (6.8 miles) took place on 31 May, at the Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, located in the western Pacific Ocean.

An Ormskirk marine explorer stands to make millions of pounds after discovering the site of one of the most significant shipwrecks in British history.

Workmen inside Florence's courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe may have belonged to a Roman temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis.

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived,....

Though global warming news has been in people's minds for a while now, many still don't seem to understand the causes of the problem. Find out the truth and take action to help save our planet!

Archaeologists and volunteers armed with special flares were to fan out over part of the Four Corners region Saturday to study how early Navajos could have used smoke signals to warn against invaders.

There is a 90% chance that 3 billion people will have to choose between going hungry and moving their families to milder climes because of climate change within 100 years, says new research.