Explore your inner artist all month long with these fun ideas to help kids create.

Are you qualified to recite the Girl Scout promise? Prove it.

The new Digital Cookie platform can teach the girls useful entrepreneurial skills, if their parents can step aside and let the girls be in charge.

The organization has revamped everything from badges to cookie sales to try to be more relevant.

A process intended to teach girls about business instead teaches one of life's hardest lessons.

Hoping to stay relevant to today's kids, scouting puts an emphasis on new kinds of skills.

Team Green World creates catchy tunes with an eco-savvy theme.

From atoms to stardust, these books get kids familiar with some of science's most fascinating terms and concepts.

Take the pledge to go plastic-free on Feb. 21, which has been dubbed Plastic-Free Day.

Only one of the Republicans is running in the 2010 midterm elections, but each is being courted for a number of reasons.

Tea Party candidate has lots of followers on her website, but a few searches on the revamped site reveals little about issues.

Rep. Darrell Issa has sent out a letter to Beltway insiders asking for their thoughts about how Uncle Sam should regulate them.

The Freezycup popsicle mold makes it easy to make your own frozen treats without using a bit of plastic. It's a great product, if a bit pricey.

Plan on roughing it as part of the Great American Backyard Campout later this month? Don't leave behind your flask, flashlight.

Tidal Vision makes sustainable salmon leather goods and crab shell clothing.

The green gender gap is a thing. Studies show women are more attuned to the environment, and that some men may think the 'green' movement un-masculine.

Actor and entrepreneur says his centrifuges could make a difference in small-scale oil cleanups.

Dairy prices could rise if the farm bill isn't passed by Dec. 31, 2012. It's being called the dairy cliff.

Congress finally passed the farm bill. Here are 5 facts to start you on your way to knowing what's actually in it.

Find out if the acerbic celebrity chef is impressed.

Say it ain't so, Amy Poehler.

Famous people understand dogs as well as the rest of us.

From urban jungles to sprawling prairies, here are some noteworthy facts about these resourceful rodents.

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

Stumbling upon these beautiful coral mushrooms makes a walk in the forest extra special.

Six in 10 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, according to a new study.

Our planet has lost 60 percent of its vertebrate animals since 1970, but there still may be time to save the rest.

Meet some of the most spectacular, and secretive, squirrels on Earth.

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

As long as there are humans, there will be cockroaches.

Painted lady butterflies are migrating north for the summer, and they're overtaking southern California, to the delight of many.

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.

The pill bug or roly-poly plays many key roles in its environment.

Scientists close in on the genetic mechanisms used by mosquitoes to locate prey.

We can learn a lot from dung beetles, including how to be better citizens of the planet.

Nancy Sutley, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for Energy and Climate Change, take your ques

If nothing else, taking a picture of yourself in nature for Earth Day will get you outside.

You wouldn't leave the shower on for 42 minutes, right? When you think about food waste that way, it's more tangible.

Critically acclaimed 'Catching the Sun' offers solution to current economic crisis.

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

There's so much more strangeness to sloths, our favorite slow-moving creatures, than meets the eye!

The Australian bilby is becoming more popular, and they may just take over as the country's animal representative for Easter.

Spending time in nature has proven health benefits, and creating a sit-spot habit will help you reap those positive rewards.

Sea otters hold hands so they don't float away during naps, and baby dolphins don't sleep at all for the first months of life.

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.

These huge beasts have inspired myths of fantastic proportions. Get to know the real life dragons of Komodo Island.

World Rhino Day has us thinking about how amazing this animal really is, and how close we are to losing it forever.

These small horses were thought to be the only truly wild horse species left on the planet and have a fascinating history.

These extraordinary marine mammals share a lot in common with humans.