Buy well by buying once: You'll save money, time and our planet's dwindling resources.

By choosing wisely with kitchen sponges you can keep plastic out of the landfill.

From a new environmental documentary to playing a 19th century serial killer, here's what Hollywood's top male star will be doing.

The British royal family's pampered pets are often as famous as the family itself.

Conservation efforts are helping some large predators reclaim ancestral habitats, a new study finds.

alternative energy sources are means of turning renewable energy into green electricity, using things like wind turbines or solar power.

A closer look at the Lone Star Geyser could help scientists predict volcanic eruptions.

Sam Jaffe created The Caterpillar Lab to share his love of these weird and wacky creatures. He transformed a childhood passion into a full-fledged career.

Attention Earth Day shoppers: The most highly anticipated, wildly expensive energy-saving light bulb out there, the L Prize-winning winning 60-watt equivalent L

Leonardo DiCaprio, Linkin Park, Don Cheadle, and Sergio Marone are all judges in the Date with History contest, which will send one young visionary to address t

How much money and energy do you spend each year powering the gadgets in your home? This infographic breaks it down for you.

From environmental tips to hanging out with monkeys, there's no shortage of Earth Day entertainment.

There are many candlelit activities to do with family or friends when you turn off the lights for an hour to raise awareness about climate change.

Japan wants no part of Kyoto but what about the other goals of COP 16?

These quiet killers can rack up an incredible death toll during their long lifetime.

We label a lot of species with the shiver-inducing denizen of the night, even if they don't suck blood.

Millipedes are poison-filled arthropods that are surprisingly essential to the health of conifer forests in the Northwest.

Far from being gross, the slime of a banana slug is a marvel of nature.

From cancer to migraines and even seizures, dogs can give us a heads up about a range of human diseases.

Sure, they happen every day, but there's so much to know about them, including that tides are just big waves.

It may sound like a good idea for the environment, but refilling a plastic water bottle may not be a good idea.

Conservative lightning rod has history of anti-environmental comments.

Off the coast of northwest Greenland, an enormous iceberg is beginning to go to pieces.

Antarctica's fading glaciers may offer surprising ecological perks, a new study finds, but the net result is still bad.

If you visit Churchill, Manitoba, you won't be bouncing around like you're on the moon, but its lower gravity is a scientific oddity.

Massive UV-resistant blankets are designed to slow down the melt.

Exploits in escarole: See what happens when a mom who's not exactly fond of green veggies forks over $900 for nine months of fresh produce.

Morieka Johnson says she gets more bang for her buck from high-quality food. (Expensive shoes are another matter.)

While Morieka Johnson usually loves a good bargain, she knows that when it comes to local, sustainably raised beef, you get what you pay for.

If you run out of your weekend farmers market buys by the middle of the week, an organic produce delivery program can help tide you over.

Father's Day doesn't get as much publicity as Mother's Day, but that doesn't mean he's not special.

Father's Day is coming up, read about what 10 different green blogger dads would like to get for the holiday.

Mirror neurons help us imitate each other's expressions and the feelings that go with them.

"Are electric vehicles fast?" "Do they work in winter?" "Can I really give up visiting the gas station?" Get the facts on EVs.

Today’s artisanal movement is more than a fad. From specialty foods to hand-forged earrings, the rise of 21st century artisans is the start of a new economy.

Is speculoos a cookie? Is it a spread? And what do you do with it?

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Most people think their trash is history once it gets to the landfill.

As part of its mission to analyze Bennu, OSIRIS-REx has set a new record for closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.

Gather your friends, look up into the sky, and get ready to witness absolutely nothing.

Are you ready for one of the best meteor showers of the year? You've got that, Jupiter, and the Sturgeon Moon to look forward to.

From multiple meteor showers to a Hunter's Moon, here's what to spy in the heavens above this month.

Want to wish upon a shooting star? November is one month when you can definitely do that.

Some of NYC's oldest trees will get the appreciation they deserve with some creative lighting, poetry and more.

These human nests are biomimicry at its best, built the way birds do with cozy comfort in mind.

It sounds totally familiar, yet completely new.

Physicists love the Higgs boson, but they hate the God particle. The elusive Higgs particle, which scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accele

From chinstrap penguins to cuckoo bees, these kleptomaniac parasites rob their fellow critters for food and supplies.

There’s a new mosquito-borne virus in town, and it has some experts worried.

Are you a mastermind when it comes to slumber? Test your sleep smarts here.

Have you ever thought, why are my ears ringing? Find out the causes of tinittus, plus treatment options and how to prevent it in the first place.