What will happen to WIC, SNAP and the federal school lunch program if the shutdown is prolonged?

Antarctica's melting glaciers launched so many icebergs into the ocean 14,600 years ago that sea level rose 6.5 feet in just 100 years.

From N.H. to Nova Scotia, Ancient forests emerge only during rare periods of extreme low tide.

Actress and healthy living author is sourcing stories from other mothers for her new book "The Kind Mama."

Start your eco-friendly parenting efforts even before you welcome your bundle of joy with earth-friendly pregnancy tests.

This isn't your mother's hospital suitcase. Here's what you really need for the big day.

You know what foods to avoid during pregnancy, but what about the ingredients you use on your skin? Here's a list of what you should avoid during pregnancy.

Max, in exchange for a bit of household help, resides part-time on his elderly mother's rural property in a converted school bus.

Video: Could working the night shift alter a woman's body clock enough to cause breast cancer?

An ancient, two-sided amulet uncovered in Cyprus contains a 59-letter inscription that reads the same backward as it does forward.

A Chinese statue of a Buddha has revealed a hidden surprise: The mummified remains of a monk who lived nearly 1,000 years ago.

Roughly a third of all scanned mummies contained no body inside.

The pontiff's sweeping new encyclical is meant not just for Earth's 1.2 billion Catholics, but for 'every person living on this planet.'

Many animals have been found buried with the same level of care as humans, suggesting a deep bond between humans and animals.

2,500-year-old stone slab could offer clues to deciphering the lost language and religion of the Etruscans.

The spells are written in a mysterious language, but a few names of demons could be deciphered.

Archaeologists conducting digital surveys below the surface of St. Nicholas Church have discovered an untouched temple.

Artifacts uncovered at the bottom of Lake Titicaca show this religion pre-dated the Incas by 500 years.

There is indeed a national security issue raised by selling this ex-military brand to China. But it's not the U.S. that faces a threat from this boat anchor of

Suffering from hot flashes, fatigue, insomnia or anxiety? Hormonal imbalance could be to blame — try these natural remedies to get things back on track.

The Indian long pepper's use in traditional medicine dates back thousands of years.

Seven-time Tour de France champion to become first person in America to own the new green car.

Lance Armstrong joins a new media campaign to market the innovative 2011 Nissan Leaf.

Seven-time Tour de France champion is first person in America to own automaker's new electric car.

For people living in areas neighboring the Fukushima nuclear power plants, the worst of the radiation exposure may have passed.

Even years after the onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, radiation is still making its way across the Pacific.

Fresh water. The planet has only so much to meet the needs of a growing world population. And global warming throws more uncertainty into the mix.

Covering some 500 million acres of ocean, the expanded marine sanctuary would be four times larger than California.

There's more to salmon sperm than making salmon babies, as researchers find it can also be used to help sort out toxic waste.

For the first time, organizers moved the first 3 stages of the Tour de France across the English Channel.

Squiggles, swoops, spires, waterfalls and some truly otherworldly latticework are just the beginning.

While younger trees were left shattered by the hurricane, this iconic oak dubbed The Big Tree stood tall.

For my 23rd birthday, along with some shirts and books and other stuff, I got Hodgkin's disease.

Breast cancer survivors who practiced yoga for as little as 3 months reported significant improvement in several areas.

Yoga provides graded exercise that can be tailored for individuals, making it useful for all sorts of patients and their lifestyles.

The record-breaking synchronized dance of 100 drones is unlike anything you've ever seen.

Many people like to imbibe when listening to music, and now we know the sensory experiences may be linked, finds study in Frontiers in Psychology.

The European Music Archaeology Project's 'Archaeomusica: The Sounds and Music of Ancient Europe' givers visitors an idea of Europe's old sounds.

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.'

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

When the ocean rose up and saved a Greek town from a marauding Persian army nearly 1,500 years ago, renowned Greek historian Herodotus chalked it up to an act o

An ancient tsunami in a Swiss lake triggered by an Alpine landslide suggests that cities now on the lake's shore may face dangers more commonly associated with

This century's deadly tsunamis kicked off an intense search for buried clues to prehistoric killer waves along Alaska's southern shores.

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

The flashy and fancy new breed of ice fishing shacks are extravagant enough to make grandpa drop his hand auger in disbelief.

Assembled on site in just 2 days with the aid of screwdrivers, this boxy plywood beauty is designed to last at least 150 years.

The 50,000-year-old, perfectly preserved forest is showcased like never before in a newly released documentary.

New research seems to demonstrate that iridium, a rare metal found in meteorites, can kill cancer cells.

The 100-million-year-old sandstone slab of 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks from the Cretaceous period is one of the rarest ever discovered.