Today, Brody Moreland is a blur of motion as he chases toys. But for the first 6 months of his life, he barely moved. He was born with severe spina bifida.

There's a lot to sort out in Libya's post-Gadhafi era, but there should be good news for the American consumer.

Foods that are healthy also tend to be sustainable. Should the USDA guidelines reflect that?

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 1

There are a number of things you can do that will not only boost your fertility but also help ensure that you're in tip-top condition.

Actor teams with Google and the United Nations to collect real-time satellite imagery of war-torn Sudan region.

Could an influx of Syrian asylum seekers upset Svalbard's human to polar bear ratio?

Team at Seattle university is creating largest 3-D reconstruction that anyone has ever attempted, rebuilding the world one pixel at a time.

Will Obama’s green cabinet give birth to the next spotted owl?

A freshwater lake the size of the state of West Virginia has practically disappeared. The lessons that the Aral Sea may hold for U.S. waterways.

History has been made. Today is for the hangover, and then the hard work. Six distinguished environmentalists weigh in.

Obama steals a play from the Reagan/Bush playbook, and hopes for the opposite result.

What’s been called the largest wetlands restoration in the Western U.S. was halted in December. California is projecting up to a $42 billion budget shortfall

Sometimes, the big guns in Congress aim to keep stuff 'away' from their states. Senator Harry Reid and the tale of Yucca Mountain is a prime example.

An MNN column causes an uproar in the scientific and not-so-scientific community. Our columnist responds.

OK, I admit. Maybe there's no such thing as climate change. Maybe it's all a hoax. Maybe.

Humanity is often at its worst and wackiest in our search for water. Peter Dykstra on a free-flowing font of bad ideas.

Step right up and watch how the government is misspending your tax dollars on the environment.

Being eco-minded on Earth Day is like being merry on Christmas. It's to be expected. But here are seven things you can actually do to wake you from your eco-slu

You'll never guess who's fighting to stop the construction of a wind farm off the shores of Cape Cod. Environmentalists.

"Enron could've saved us" and four other environmental predictions that didn't come true.

Garbage science isn't rocket science. Each of us throws away a ton of stuff every year. Literally. The problem, and why it's only getting worse.

Obama is an agent of change. Or at least he's supposed to be. Peter Dykstra grades six areas of the Obama presidency.

A recent study featuring blog posts from fictitious Italian politicians found the use of swear words made candidates sound more relatable.

Nat Geo's telling of Christ's life focuses on his plight as a human being living in such a tumultuous time.

Should we care that Obama's Presidential Limo will get single digit miles per gallon?

An honest story from an organic Japanese farm about what to do with an unneeded goat.

The future looks uncertain for an industry on the brink of making huge gains in Washington this year.

The technique uses GPS and radio telescopes to detect underground nuclear tests using waves that travel from the blast into the upper atmosphere.

Fusion energy has proven an elusive goal.

So-called "green" kitty litter may be a good idea for eco-conscious cat lovers, but it's a bad idea for nuclear waste storage.

Magnesite has long been known as a CO2 absorber, but the slow rate of its growth made it a poor carbon storage option. Until now.

Actress Joanna Lumley is behind an urban park/footbridge project in London that's, well, absolutely fabulous.

Inside a rather humdrum-looking suburban Washington, D.C., home, the typical family of 4 is replaced by a virtual clan as part of a $2.5M effort to test energy-

Beware the downward dog, warns E. W. Jackson, the Virginia Republican party’s nominee for lieutenant governor.

A simple arrangement of meaningful things can help us find inspiration in our daily lives.

Pipeline spills aren't good for the environment and they aren't good for politics. They are especially bad for business.

Reporters for the online, nonprofit news site spent seven months reporting on tar-sands oil spill in Michigan.

NOAA scientists capture video of a wreckfish swallowing a shark whole.

Outdated technologies blamed for wind power's interference with radar systems.

As the Vienna Chamber Orchestra performs Mendelssohn, a dog saunters up to enjoy the show.

This parrot likes to move it while listening to 'I Like to Move It.'

You're not officially supposed to listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, but Pentatonix's a cappella cover is worth breaking the rules for.

Pop star and social media powerhouse Lady Gaga encourages her millions of fans to support Yoko Ono's Artists Against Fracking campaign in New York.

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, which recently received SFI chain-of-custody certification, has launched a new sustainability campaign.

The American Forest & Paper Association announced today an ambitious set of sustainability goals for its member organizations to aim for by 2020.

At 15 square meters with an equal amount of outdoor living space, Jonas Wagell's flat-packed Mini House 2.0 is a lovely prefab retreat that can be assembled in

Looking back at the first Thanksgiving offers a way forward for us, says Michael Berman.

While hiking in New Mexico's Las Cruces desert, Jude Sparks tripped over a stegomastodon skull.

Researchers uncover the remnants of lost continents hidden under the ice sheets of Antarctica.