Lima looks on as Ford shifts to electric vehicles.
LIMA, Ohio — Two years ago, David Berger picked up Ashlee Vance’s biography of Tesla founder Elon Musk. He found the book so insightful...
Napa, Sonoma, Santa Rosa fires ravage Northern California's wine country, killing 10 and forcing...
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Fires pushed by warm winds and fueled by dry ground swept through California wine country Monday, killing at least 10...
What soot-covered, hundred-year-old birds can tell us about saving the environment
Birds in museum collections from Rust Belt cities around the turn of the century are covered with black soot from air pollution at the...
Formation of coal almost turned our planet into a snowball
While burning coal today causes Earth to overheat, about 300 million years ago the formation of that same coal brought our planet close to...
Huge energy potential in open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic
Because wind speeds are higher on average over ocean than over land, wind turbines in the open ocean could in theory intercept more than...
Breaking: E.P.A. announces repeal of major Obama-era emissions rule.
By LISA FRIEDMAN and BRAD PLUMEROctober 9, 2017WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy...
Solar energy: Prototype shows how tiny photodetectors can double their efficiency
Physicists have developed a photodetector -- a device that converts light into electrons -- by combining two distinct inorganic materials and producing quantum mechanical...
Scientists complete conservation puzzle, shaping understanding of life on Earth
An international team of scientists has completed the 'atlas of life' -- the first global review and map of every vertebrate on Earth. The...
Droughts and wildfires: How global warming is drying up the North American monsoon
Previous researchers had concluded that global warming was simply delaying the North American monsoon, which brings summer rains to the southwestern US and northwestern...
Disease-carrying mosquitoes abound in deforested lands
UF scientists synthesized and examined data from prior studies that had looked at how many pathogen-carrying mosquito species made their homes in forested lands...
Latest news
Popular Articles
Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth's most iconic species will be lost forever.
Link to full source:...
Do you see a devil in this orchid?
Named for 'el diablo' himself, a new and extremely rare orchid species reveals a wicked heart.
Link to full source: Do you see a devil...
Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
Link to full source: Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
Link to full source:...
10 magical places saved by endangered species
In our efforts to save animals at risk of extinction, we've saved some extraordinary places as well.
Link to full source: 10 magical places saved...