In their last year of high school, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went looking for a solution to their town's plastic waste problem, and found one close to home.

Putting Fido on a vegetarian diet can help the planet, but will it harm your pooch?

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.

Ford is partnering with Grenier's new green lifestyle website SHFT.com, and I was there to kick the tires on the C-MAX Hybrid, eat the organic snacks, and try i

Join 350.org and thousands of local activists to create one of 15 gigantic aerial art pieces that'll be visible from space!

A bite from the Lone Star tick could induce a meat allergy in humans.

Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health.

Durian is known for its strong odor. Despite being banned in some hotels and subways, lovers of this unusual fruit go to great lengths for a taste.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal that would require makers of soaps to show that their products really work.

Seven people have died from an outbreak of listeria associated with apples. A California packing company has recalled Granny Smith, Gala and caramel apples.

The natural and organic food company recalled products with spinach after one of its suppliers found it may be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes.

FDA bans 19 ingredients including triclosan and triclocarban found in antibacterial soap and suggests washing with plain soap and water.

If a group goes out to eat and there's nothing for the veg crowd, guess what happens?

Finding sugars in meteorites adds a new twist to theories of how life arose on Earth.

Scientists discovered the oldest known material on the Earth's surface while studying a meteorite that landed in Australia 50 years ago.

It's time to prioritize walking over driving. Cities have to change their priorities and start investing in safe transportation alternatives like walking.

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6-year-old Jermaine Bell cashes in his Disney World Fund to buy hot dogs and water for hurricane evacuees.

When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, this rescuer opened her home to nearly 100 dogs.

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

A Wales hospice honors children by memorializing their names in birdsong.

SkyBridge, North America's longest pedestrian suspension bridge, opened earlier this year in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. And now it's ready for Christmas.

Aflac employee and Auburn alumnus rallies colleagues to raise more than $70,000 for boy with leukemia.

Investors bilked out of $54 million chasing the promise of a green utopia.

Chemical material could speed clean-up at power plants by snapping its jaws at radioactive waste, leaving nontoxic byproducts alone.

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark.

The new materials could one day be used for building devices that have the properties of living things, such as the ability to self-heal.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

Scientists can now add code to bacterial DNA, and the bacteria pass it on to the next generation.

Bacteria can help solar panels convert sunlight to energy, even on overcast days.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

These are the best preserved specimens of this extinct Arctic lion ever found.

Metallic noise, captured from the deepest point on Earth's surface, likely belongs to a species of baleen whale, scientists say.

The Golden Globes, BAFTA and the Oscars have all committed to a greener production and ceremony. Are these noble pursuits or just greenwashing?

Residents of the coastal Southeast are bracing for Hurricane Dorian as this slow-moving storm moves north.

People in the Bahamas are in need of food, water and other emergency supplies after Hurricane Dorian.

Hurricane Dorian was the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas. These photos show the destruction.

There's no better place than Washington, D.C., to celebrate America's achievements and sacrifices. From presidents to war heroes to a civil rights icon, it offe

A listeria infection is a foodborne illness that can be very serious for pregnant women, those over 65 and people with weak immune systems.

Many cultures have end-of-growing-season holidays that are similar to Thanksgiving.

Through the animal welfare group he founded, Morris Darbo is saving more than the lives of animals.

Grandma's chicken soup has got nothing on these miraculous broths.

A frozen horned lark bird was discovered in Siberia and is estimated to be 46,000 years old.

Copper is so effective, many experts think we should coat hospital beds, railings and other public furniture with an alloy of the metal.

The $34 million renovation took two years to complete is expected to save million of gallons of water a year, but the work had an unintended side effect. The po

'Soup for Syria' by Barbara Abdeni Massaad compiles international recipes to raise funds for food relief for Syrian refugees.

Walkers have a comfort zone to prevent collisions.