The world's oceans are turning acidic even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago.

Want to reduce your carbon footprint for the big move? Here's how to haul all of your worldly possessions from point A to point B with minimal eco-impact.

Thanks to Energy Star qualification, the most affordable high-quality LED on the market, the Cree LED Bulb, just got even cheaper.

Get the skinny on SlimStyle, Philips' latest LED bulb release that boasts a svelte profile and a price tag that's anticipated to be highly competitive.

France's most visited house of worship, the Notre Dame Cathedral, just seriously slashed its energy bills with the addition of 400 LED lamps.

Blogger and editor Anna Hackman chats with MNN about green buildings, green business and bar mitzvahs.

The student-designed mobile game Galactickitties lets you save space-flying felines and benefit the ASPCA too.

The company will do the work for you.

Orangutans are great communicators, whether through sign language, gestures or sounds. Now, trainers at Jungle Island in Miami are using technology to help the

There's no such thing as too much education, right? What if there's not enough education?

A free app for Apple and Android devices scans your unwanted mail and puts in unsubscribe requests for you.

Two student teams from the 2013 Solar Decathlon, USC and Santa Clara University, need to sell their innovative, solar-powered homes to private buyers.

American workers either don't get paid vacation days, or they are afraid to use them.

The Acro-Cats, a Chicago-based troupe of performing felines, is looking for a tour assistant.

It's not just that college isn't for everyone, but even academically inclined kids should have the option to learn a trade.

Working mothers can't win. New research finds society judges us negatively whether we take maternity leave or not.

Finland's vocational education and training (VET) programs cover a range of occupations, and training is available to just about everyone.

The U.S. representative fighting for her life after a weekend shooting has been an advocate for many issues, including the environment.

Here's your guide to the green product & sustainability lables found on everything from fish to light bulbs.

Hollywood legend Doris Day was an actress, singer and animal welfare activist.

Dodder vines can tap into multiple hosts, causing damage but also providing botanical wires that let host plants share valuable info.

Scientists are studying the sleep habits of mountain lions to help protect the cats from habitat loss.

Researchers in Australia strap cameras on feral cats to track their kills.

A cat's attraction to catnip has to do with a natural chemical compound in the plant called nepatalactone that also may help advance cancer research.

Photographer Chris Perani painstakingly combines thousands of exposures to create each individual image.

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.

Beautiful video from National Geographic shows how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

A heads-up to parents about Disneynature's newest release follows the story of two feline families struggling to survive in the African savannah.

As marketers use Earth Day to hock anything and everything, including a 'Real Housewives' episode, bloggers weigh in on the ridiculousness of it all.

The Scottish wildcat, an adorable yet fierce native cat species, may disappear within the next few years.

This little mushroom is a pleasant surprise to anyone enjoying a walk in the woods.

You'll wonder how gray foxes aren't in the cat family after reading these habits, like hanging out in trees and those semi-retractable claws.

Searchers attempt to find the flyers, who crashed in Greenland in 1942, before they disappear into the sea.

A giant flood of Arctic meltwater may have triggered an ancient 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the "Big Freeze," the last major cold age on Earth, a new study

Commercially made cat trees can cost hundreds of dollars, but you can save money and make your kitty happy with DIY feline furniture.

Artist Patterson Clark naturally 'harvests' areas plagued by weeds and uses the leaves, roots and stems of much-loathed plants to produce handcrafted art suppli

Physicists at the world's largest atom smasher announced on July 4 that they are more than 99 percent sure they've found a new, and heavy, boson particle, that

Confirming a Higgs boson, physicists say, will have wide-reaching implications.

Rachel Herz explains the science behind our relationship with the food we eat in her new book, "Why You Eat What You Eat."

Dr. John Bradshaw decodes cat behavior and explains what felines really think of us.

Although only 22 miles away from L.A., Catalina is a completely different world.

Euthanasia rates have dropped dramatically at animal shelters across the U.S.

Many cats form bonds with their humans, just like babies do with their parents.

Sweets can exacerbate skin aging and wrinkles, research shows.

Astronomers have used instruments on board SOFIA, the world's largest airborne observatory, to examine a planet beyond solar system.

Advocacy groups call the new recommendation arbitrary and discriminatory.

The makers of Almond Breeze are being sued for false advertising, and it's a reminder not to believe everything you read on a package.

At a single Starbuck location, a whooping 378 people bought coffee for the person behind them.

Non-GMO. Organic. Fair trade. You see these labels on all kinds of products, but do you know what they mean? Take this quiz to find out.

We chat with astrotourism specialist Valerie Stimac, and author of 'Dark Skies,' about the best places to gaze into the beauty of the heavens.