These restaurants offer gourmet food, regional specialties and a reason to change out of your hiking boots.

Aluminum foil may be convenient, but it may also be toxic. Here are some alternatives for when you're cooking over high heat.

Bob's Red Mill, an internationally renowned natural foods flouring mill and market, is now completely owned by its 209 proud employees.

Gift will help support farmers market and healthy bodega programs; Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at the launch event.

Spruce up your holiday décor by bringing nature in with these beautiful and easy DIY projects.

DIY Christmas ornaments add nature to your decorations

Oct. 30 is National Weatherization Day 2009, and awareness events are planned across the country.

Breaking from many in her party, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski says 'there is a role' for the federal loan program that financed the now-bankrupt solar firm.

You can create a haven for birds and other creatures by with native plants — and one very handy tool.

Gardener Donna Stumphf wanted to grow a few vegetables for the needy and ended up with more than 1.5 tons.

Contaminated sites being used to house wind farms, solar arrays and geothermal power plants.

Each year, as many as 20 million people get sick from drinking contaminated water in the U.S.

Moose lasagna, a hot seller at European stores operated by the world-dominating purveyor of flat-pack furnishings, is found to contain trace amounts of pork.

Amazon Give Back Box program makes donations easy, and you get a tax write-off as a bonus.

Junkyards can be fascinating, profitable and, too often, dirty and ecologically dangerous.

China will turn away 24 types of recyclable material imported from the U.S. and other countries due to concerns over contamination.

The fast-food chain is switching to paper straws later this year.

A large portion of the clothing you donate ends up in the landfill. Here's why — and what you can do about it.

Ditch those store-bought products with microbeads and make your own with natural exfoliants like poppy seeds, grits and salt.

Grandma's natural cough remedies were ahead of the science. Here's how to quell the cough with ingredients you have at home.

Have you secured the health of nature so we continue to have quality of life?

Walmart partner Conservation International has launched the "Nature is Speaking" campaign to provoke a conversation about nature's essential role in our lives.

Volunteers can lend a hand, from categorizing whale songs to planting sunflowers.

Vidcode is challenging stereotypes and turning more girls into techies.

The news about baby powder, ovarian cancer and mesothelioma may have you rethinking your daily routine.

Learn more about Natural Gas vehicles and what makes CNG's unique.

With the help of her grandson, Grandma Joy is camping and seeing the mountains on their quest to visit all the national parks.

Support your favorite national park, forest or preserve by volunteering or visiting on National Public Lands Day.

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Organic gardening brings benefits to both you and the plant

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Residents of Bougainville voted overwhelmingly to become independent from Papua New Guinea.

England's Lake District National Park, the U.K.'s most popular national park, offers unforgettable hikes and views.

Your aging parent may prefer living in a tiny house in your backyard.

Predicted to be a hot trend in 2020, the rise of everything butters and spreads has only just begun.

The plan to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is hotly contested between oil companies, Alaskans and conservation groups.

Biomimicry has been around for decades, but could it be the future of sustainability? Some researchers are using nature to develop better technology, while othe

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

Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.

Breakthroughs in artificial photosynthesis could help harness the sun's power for clean, efficient production of liquid hydrogen.

An award-winning MIT team has created a portable, solar-powered desalination system that could provide freshwater in remote locations.

A deceased celebrity tops Barbara Walters' annual list for the first time.

The company that brands itself as kosher is now being sued by some of its customers who claim it actually isn't kosher.

We take a trip to a former Civil War-era insane asylum that has been called one of the most haunted places in America.

Author John Temple was granted unprecedented access to the controversial family.

Nicknamed the 'psychedelic Medusa,' this fascinating jellyfish was spotted during a NOAA research mission.

National Geographic's Travel Photographer of the Year contest winners show the power of nature, the beauty of cities and the strength of humanity.

Access to clean, safe drinking water during natural disasters such as hurricanes or floods is critical to health and survival. Here's how to ensure your supply.

In the 1930s, the National Park Service created master plans for each U.S. national park that showed and explained the vision for development of each park.

The U.S. Women's Soccer team got a visit from service dogs in training before their match Thursday.