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All-black penguin discovered | Yahoo! Green (574 diggs) An extremely rare sight in Antarctica makes one bird appear underdressed.

'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops (343 diggs) A global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed varieties.

Infoporn: Cellphones and the Environment (328 diggs) Few people consider that these small gadgets in our pockets could be causing a lot of damage to the environment. The negative impact of cellphones on the environment can be reduced in some ways, but some of the serious environmental damage cellphones may be causing will be more difficult to fix.

Google Adds 'Bike There' Feature to Google Maps (695 diggs) They've been plugging away for awhile now on ways to get directions for cyclists that avoids hills, excessive traffic, and points you in the best directions for pedaling to your destination. Now it's live!

S.Korea Unveils 'Recharging Road' for Eco-Friendly Buses (232 diggs) "South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a 'recharging road' -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips."

Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal (403 diggs) Wind power has made incredible inroads into the U.S. energy system thanks to big, efficient machines standing hundreds of feet tall. But the future of wind power may be underground.

When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2? (362 diggs) The carbon equation isn't as straightforward as we might think. Scientists find that rich nations are essentially outsourcing some of their carbon emissions to developing nations through global trade

Sea lions killed for eating too many salmon (327 diggs) Wildlife officials have tried everything to keep sea lions from eating endangered salmon, dropping bombs that explode under water and firing rubber bullets and bean bags from shotguns and boats.

The Truth About Solar Power [Video] (284 diggs) Solar energy is plentiful. But is it practical?

8 Cool Ideas For Collecting Wind Energy (250 diggs) Luckily people continue to imagine and design new ways to capitalize on the power of the wind. Let’s take a look at some of the “standard” and not-so-standard ideas for catching the power of the wind..

Europe Outsourcing CO2 Emissions to Developing Economies (288 diggs) A new study tracks CO2 emissions using data while accounting for imported and exported goods, and finds that some European countries are outsourcing up to half of their emissions. China is now the largest emitter of CO2 on the planet, as it powers a large industrial base primarily through the use of coal-fired power plants. However, many of those..

Which is Better? Recycling or Burning Household Waste? [VID] (246 diggs) Why bother to recycle? Advocates say recycling is essential for a healthy planet, but others say recycling has more to do with conspicuous 'good citizenship' than good waste management. Thomas Deichmann believes the best way to dispose of household waste, he says studies show, is to burn it.

China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard (245 diggs) But at least they got proper prison sentences!

Humans driving extinction faster than species can evolve (404 diggs) Conservationists say rate of new species slower than diversity loss caused by the destruction of habitats and climate change.

A Disturbing New Ad - Rise Above Plastics (580 diggs) There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic. :(

No Endangered Status for Plains Bird (224 diggs) The Interior Department said Friday that the greater sage grouse was facing extinction but would not be designated as an endangered species for now.

What I hate most about some smokers (PIC) (3,669 diggs)

Giant Redwood, in full for the first time (PIC) (1,508 diggs) Nick Nichols, the “Indiana Jones of Photography," produced the first-ever high-definition, seamless composite photo of an entire redwood. It’s 300 feet tall and between 1,500 and 2,000 years old. The photo was created with 84 very high-resolution images, taken at approximately 3-foot intervals from a vertical dolly rigged parallel to the tree.

Mini-cyclone, record floods hit Australia (274 diggs) Melbourne was bracing itself Sunday for further storms after a mini-cyclone ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hail stones the size of tennis balls.

Extreme Weirdness: Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” (1,815 diggs) There is a glacier in Antarctica that seems to be weeping a river of blood. It’s one of the continent’s strangest features, and it’s located in one of the continent’s strangest places — the McMurdo Dry Valleys, a huge, ice-free zone and one of the world’s harshest deserts

Great White Sharks Migrate to Battle Giant Squids (475 diggs) In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.

Endangered Species by Country (INFOGRAPHIC) (450 diggs) About 900 species of plants and animals have gone extinct in the last five centuries, and more than 10,000 others are now on the verge of joining them as endangered species, threatened species or vulnerable species. Here's a look at some of the countries

San Francisco Labels Sewage Sludge "Organic" (278 diggs) Activists wearing face masks and haz-mat suits dumped a pile of sewage sludge on the steps of San Francisco's city hall today to protest the city's practice of marketing the material to home gardeners as "organic compost."

Move Over Oscar, The Toxie Awards Are Here (259 diggs) A coalition of environmental and advocacy groups staged a red carpet event this week to spotlight a slew of what they call "bad actors" -- pervasive toxic chemicals that consistently behave poorly. BPA, lead and mercury were among the

Road Salt Contaminating Drinking Water and Killing Fish (395 diggs) A University of Minnesota study recently studied 39 lakes and three major rivers, and found that 70% of the road salt ended up in the watershed. Effects of salt include decreases in biodiversity, reduction in fish numbers and types, and higher mortality rates among organisms that rely on marine life for food.