Study finds bananas do more than help you recover after exercise. They also help reduce pain and swelling.

Here are the world's rarest animals, the loneliest creatures on Earth: 8 species with fewer than 10 confirmed individuals left alive.

Organic food is becoming more widely available. But how organic is it when it's grown elsewhere?

This shrine to Italian food must be experienced, but try to get there early. (And if they have the spinach ravioli in a lemon butter sauce, be sure to order it.

This book with blessings from many cultures and religions will make practicing gratitude for food, family and friends a renewed experience.

H&M is the most ethically minded of the cheap clothing stores, but it still promotes virtually throwaway retail. What's a conscious shopper to do?

Restaurants tap into the community supported agriculture model.

As sourcing ingredients directly from local farms gains in popularity, more chefs are building relationships with farmers to get the pick of their crops.

Video conferencing for lawyers: How to get started. Lawyers need to consult face-to-face — deposing witnesses and finalizing deals — but there's no reason

Climate doubters are apoplectic over a few misinterpreted sentences in the draft report.

You can dramatically reduce your carbon footprint just by choosing products and services that are locally-owned and produced.

Popular magazine and testing facility finds that nontoxic paints have improved in recent years, performing just as well as conventional paints.

New study takes a closer look at the link between music and sports performance.

A new U.S. report on climate change offers 'information that every human needs.'

While much smaller than the Yellowstone River oil spill, a newly discovered spill is raising eyebrows because it went unreported for a month.

The controversial bill, which now heads to the Senate, would open more national parks to hunting and protect the use of toxic lead ammunition.

Should we be worried, or is it OK to keep drinking (for now)?

The rover was originally meant to only live for 90 days.

Goodies included many Earth-friendly items.

Marilu Henner and others stage reading 'Surviving Grace,' a play about Alzheimer's.

A new IPCC report is about to come out that proves what we all know already -- there is most definitely a connection between climate change and extreme weather.

World leaders have pledged to limit the rise to 3.6 degrees, but a new study finds global temperatures could increase 10.8 degrees by century's end.

Tattoo may provide an inexpensive and noninvasive method for testing blood sugar levels, without the finger prick.

Officials anticipate raising big bucks from the sale of lovey-dovey padlocks removed from Paris' bridges.

As a partnership with a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless families goes to show, Amazon's takeover of downtown Seattle isn't without altruism.

Philanthropist Marcus Lemonis is offering work at his Camping World stories and access to an army of volunteers to national parks in need.

Margaret Palmer, professor of biology at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, believes there's a better way to mine for coal than blowin

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

FlightCar leverages all those idle vehicles in the long-term lots, and it's a lifeline for frequent flyers.

The rumor mill says an all-electric shortened Panamera could grace the show stage in Frankfurt, with 250 to 300 miles of range.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.

At 208-square-feet, Kasita smart apartments are roughly the size of 6 garbage receptacles.

Nonprofit, which monitors the health and safety of animals in the entertainment industry, calls the expose a distortion of the truth.

Overall, 90 percent of the ground turkey that the magazine examined had one or more of the five bacteria they tested for.

Climate change denier and Republican senator Jim Inhofe was given a cool reception by the foreign press corp when he hit Copenhagen last week.

A new U.N. report challenges the world with a daunting task — reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 44 GT by 2020 or hit the tipping point for catastrophic clima

The United Nations rules require the IPCC to seek unanimous consensus, a fact that climate scientists want to see emphasized in the newest report.

A new study shows that share prices increase slightly after a carbon disclosure is made.

By studying particles on the ocean floor, scientists conclude that Earth supports one-third less life than originally thought.

This weekend, before your kids hit the baseball and softball fields, read about how energy and sports drinks can damage tooth enamel, plus take a look at a few

On the occasion of the new mobile launch, we talked to the FarmVille animators about how the country critters come to (virtual) life.

Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, WWF, Sierra Club -- are the biggest environmental NGO's losing credibility by receiving funds from major corpora

CTO of Big Green Innovations, a unit of IBM's Smarter Planet Initiative, lays out 5 key project areas.

Telecommuting, HOV lanes and drive-through emission testing once seemed like the future of green transportation. To keep pace with growing mobility demands worl

Bloomberg Rankings has released a list of bike-to-work rates in 25 major U.S. cities and Portland, Ore., came out on top. In 2010, nearly 16,000 workers biked t

This industrious teen hopes to make flying safer for all with his raptor trap, which is designed to prevent bird-strikes at airports.

Judah Tyreman lost rocks and fossils worth thousands, but thanks to the Internet, he'll replace them and even add some more.

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