For more than 200 years inventors worldwide have filed patents for wave-power technology of a dazzling variety of designs-bobbing objects ("ducks"), buoys, articulated rafts, floating bags, overspills, and many others.

Not all national parks in Canada are cut from the same cloth. They are as diverse as the country is wide. From the east coast of Newfoundland to the farthest reaches of the Northwest Territories, you will find something for every taste and budget.

Austin enjoys one of the largest urban bat colonies in the US. This article gives some information on these nocturnal Austin residents.

If you like the outdoors, then perhaps working outdoors is something you should consider.

There's a touch of fall in the air. The days are shorter and the nights cooler. For those living in places where the leaves put on a spectacular show of color, it's a sure sign that winter isn't far away. Wild birds are beginning to prepare for the harsh weather by 'winterizing' their bodies.

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped line of volcanoes and deep ocean trenches that runs around the Pacific Rim: from New Zealand up through Tonga, New Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, the Aleutian Island Chain, Alaska, and down the West Coast of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America, finally ending where the southern end of Chile meets Argentina near Cape Horn at the tip of South America.

This article looks at the Umlauf Sculpture Gardens in Austin Texas.

Bamboo may be one of the very best candidates for a kind of plant to grow in or outside your home. Bamboo is attractive, can bloom in a multitude of colors (depending on the variety), and, once mature, can survive with relatively little maintenance.

If you are one of the scuba divers who really want to understand how serious can the coral reef's problems get then you should first know something about them. Coral reefs are the best habitats for many sea organisms and they are made of polyp masses, which constantly grow and a base that is made up of corals.

They look more like the oceans and have sunk huge ships just like the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.