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Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM
Video: A project at CalTech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is trying to measure the carbon footprint of human activity in the Los Angeles basin.
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Tue, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet
A new study shows that coral reef-building is more complex than Darwin thought.
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Mon, May 13, 2013 2:26 PM
Carrizo Plain National Monument — which is hot and dry for much of the year — is a bountiful but fragile ecosystem in California.
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Mon, May 13, 2013 9:29 AM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet
The flame may indicate that the U.S. has more shale gas options than was originally believed.
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Sun, May 12, 2013 11:40 AM by Marc Lallanilla, LiveScience
A tree affected by citrus greening will lose its leaves, while the tree's fruit fails to mature, falling to the ground prematurely before the tree slowly dies.
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Fri, May 10, 2013 10:13 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience
2.2 to 3.6 million years ago the Arctic was a forested landscape, and scientists are hoping this data will help with climate change models.
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Thu, May 09, 2013 3:57 PM by Russell McLendon
The search giant has teamed up with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to create a stunning time-lapse look at humanity's effect on Earth over 28 years.
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Thu, May 09, 2013 12:25 PM by Crystal Gammon, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet
The giant rock probably formed about 8.7 million years ago making it much younger than scientists first thought.
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Thu, May 09, 2013 10:14 AM by Becky Oskin, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet
The new ecosystem list will work in tandem with the IUCN's species 'Red List' to better monitor biodiversity.
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Wed, May 08, 2013 2:50 PM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet
The devices are on the look out for two particular types of algae that can cause death in humans if consumed.
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Tue, May 07, 2013 6:36 PM by Jaymi Heimbuch
Take a walk among the redwoods in this serene park in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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Tue, May 07, 2013 4:30 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience
The icebreaker ship eventually met a colony of penguins that are included in the video as well.
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Tue, May 07, 2013 4:20 PM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet
Plants already communicate via chemicals, but it appears that an 'unknown mechanism' may allow them to also use sounds.
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Tue, May 07, 2013 10:11 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience
Smuggled fossils have also been found in England and are being returned as well.
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Thu, May 02, 2013 11:31 AM by Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet
Air bubbles form in a tree when it is trying to suck moisture out of dry ground during droughts.
