Here's what you need to know about the overtime rules that have been put on hold and how they could affect your paycheck if they go through.

The new fuel economy labels include a smog rating, greenhouse gas rating and more.

New EPA report finds lower incidence of toxin exposures but greater rates of childhood diseases affecting today's children.

Grad student Christopher Johnson hopes to save lives with a little help from some microscopic partners.

Cristina Mittermeier discusses the modern movement of conservation photography in an interview.

The nonprofit Gearing Up gives women in recovery a chance to get outside, build self-esteem and bond with one another.

Unlike other roaches, this Asian cockroach — which has never been seen in the U.S. — can survive the cold and snow.

Giant African snails have invaded the Galapagos, but two rescued dogs are sniffing them out and helping researchers fix the ecology of the islands.

Citing a need to protect native species, this New Zealand town is proposing an all-out cat ban.

The space agency is planning to land its newest set of wheels on the Martian surface by early 2021.

See the stunning images captured over 15 years by the European Space Agency's Mars Express in this beautiful greatest hits montage.

NASA unveils new spacesuit for the first woman and next man to wear on the moon in 2024 and eventually Mars.

Steven Pasquale stars in a dual role on NBC series 'Do No Harm'. Show aims to do less harm to the environment via eco-friendly production practices.

'Mad Men' star turns contemporary detective in 'Top of the Lake'.

Markus Imhoof investigates the crisis in his dramatic documentary. A Q&A with the director of 'More Than Honey.'

New Discovery series 'Lone Target' turns Joel Lambert into human prey.

Former Hell's Angel Tim Medvetz plays the role of motivational 'bus driver' to a group of unlikely adventurers.

Global effort will start in the U.K. city of Bristol — with over 36,000 children from 130 schools planting saplings.

People have done this forever, but today's technology makes it easier and faster.

Idea of including environmental impact of food production won't fly this year.

University of Minnesota researchers claim to have created a 'perfect' soap molecule that's better for the environment.

New Zealand residents are not happy that their pristine water may be exported for bottled water. The company that wants to export it doesn't want it to go to wa

Trees in Vermont and New Hampshire are becoming stressed and are producing less syrup.

One Israeli winery wants to highlight Tu Bishvat, an environmentally focused holiday, so everyone can celebrate.

In a goofy, profane, self-mocking rap video, a handful of young Australian climate scientists preach an inconvenient truth: There are two few scientists at the

Arguing that 'Americans are already paying the price of inaction,' Obama unveiled an unprecedented national climate strategy in a sweltering speech Tuesday.

Southern Asia, western Europe and southern Australia are among the areas at most risk.

The new U.S. plan to limit power plant emissions is 645 pages long. Here's what you need to know.

Researchers present results of the ORIGIN study evaluating 12,500 patients in 40 countries.

The Food Network host known for her outrageously caloric concoctions talks about how she's losing weight and why exercise isn't as 'addictive' as she'd been to

A study finds that many people are dying due to a complication of Type 1 diabetes without knowing they had the disease.

Recent research finds that grapefruit juice stems weight loss by 18 percent in mice and may be as effective as diabetes drugs.

Why actually create your own status updates when your computer can do it for you?

Many of the social media network's users were outraged to learn they could've been unwitting participants in the study.

The '99 Days of Freedom' project has launched an experiment promoting happiness by helping users give up the social networking site.

The idea grew out of disaster message boards that sprung up on Facebook after Japan's most recent natural disaster.

The huge 'magnificent sundew' was unknown to science until a scientist stumbled across its photo on Facebook.

Some say that news articles from questionable sites shared on social media swayed the election, so these students took the challenge on.

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.

Who needs calendars of yoga cats when you could have bearded mermen from the Newfoundland & Labrador Beard and Mustache Club on your walls?

A protein complex has been shown to repair DNA damage caused by radiation or old age.

Human trials are set to begin on the treatment, which cured 100 percent of mice during animal trials.

Using a single-pixel camera, a patterned light source and some computer processing, researchers have demonstrated a cheap way to do X-rays with "ghost images."

New studies on cancer are paving the way for faster diagnosis, better treatment — and more lives saved.

Sierra Club claims success after year-long 'Clean up Dynergy' campaign

NASA loses a CO2 monitoring satellite, plans for new coal plants are being shelved, and the price of CO2 credits drops out on the European market.

Breakthrough 'crystal' captures CO2 and could one day turn it into a fuel or turn water into hydrogen.

How do you squeeze a fancy new 407-acre state park into Brooklyn? Look no further than two former landfills on Jamaica Bay.

St. Louis, Orlando and Minneapolis are featured in a new Sierra Club report on the growing number of American cities rejecting fossil fuels.

Spread across nearly 70 action-packed acres, Tulsa's newest public green space champions sustainability, accessibility and inclusion.