Mosquitoes are annoying, relentless and can pose a health risk for your family. Here are some effective ways to kill them and keep them away, the natural way.

Take your old writing instruments to Office Depot this week and earn Sanford coupons.

Lace up your sneakers and grab the kids for one of these family-friendly running races for Earth Day.

In honor of Earth Day's namesake orb, here's a time-lapse tour of Earth itself.

Submit your Earth Day lesson plan to this contest and you win could tons of cool prizes for your classroom.

As Earth Day nears, MNN follows a 48-mile sweep of Atlanta's Chattahoochee River to shed light on the rising relevance of crowd-sourced conservation.

The more we hooked we get on gadgets, the more often obsolete technology ends up in landfills.

How much money and energy do you spend each year powering the gadgets in your home? This infographic breaks it down for you.

Thought-provoking documentary weaves together stunning imagery with enlightening interviews to show how connected we are to our planet.

There are many candlelit activities to do with family or friends when you turn off the lights for an hour to raise awareness about climate change.

On Nature Photography Day, take your camera outside to make a difference for wildlife!

Learn the tracks of animal species that live right next door, starting with these common neighbors.

The epic landscapes of Torres del Paine will make you want to hop on the next plane to this Patagonian National Park.

The barrage of Darwin Award-worthy and just plain cruel animal selfie photos in the news is our cue for a reality check.

While stink bugs ravage our food crops, samurai wasps — another sneaky insect from Japan — are helping us keep them in check.

Titled 'Bigger Than Life,' a new short video explores Alaskan ice caves with a GoPro-toting drone.

Antarctica's fading glaciers may offer surprising ecological perks, a new study finds, but the net result is still bad.

If you run out of your weekend farmers market buys by the middle of the week, an organic produce delivery program can help tide you over.

Dad will as usual be manning the grill, Father's Day or not, but you can make it special for him by sourcing the highest quality, healthiest meat.

For most cities, the biggest areas of public space are streets. But are we using them to our full potential?

Solar Foods is set to unveil a fully sustainable, carbon-neutral food that can be produced anywhere.

They were the first to bring us the modern automobile as we know it, so it only makes sense that Ford Motor Company is now ushering in the future of mobility.

Yet another reason to invest in a hybrid and electric vehicle: During storm-related blackouts they — with the compulsory assistance of an inverter — can pre

Take our Green Driving Quiz to find out how much you know about fuel economy and sustainable driving.

Commercially made cat trees can cost hundreds of dollars, but you can save money and make your kitty happy with DIY feline furniture.

Homemade aromatherapy shower squares can help relieve stress and even allergies. Here's how to make them yourself.

Why buy your laundry pods when it's so easy to make your own version?

With DIY sunscreen recipes, you have no idea if you'll be protected from the sun's harmful rays.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Vegetables aren't the only thing green in the kitchen.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Make your drive to work a little more green.

Experts doubt the theory behind the 'happiness pie chart,' saying what you really can impact is how happy you are.

As part of its mission to analyze Bennu, OSIRIS-REx has set a new record for closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.

Enter The Nature Conservancy's digital photography contest for a chance to see your work on the cover of the nonprofit's annual calendar.

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.

Are you a mastermind when it comes to slumber? Test your sleep smarts here.

Do you ever ignore your contact lens care instructions? You may want to rethink that.

Confused by kohlrabi? Daunted by dandelions? We're here to help. Here's a handy guide to edible leafy greens.

There are plenty of ways that the animals we love can make us sick.

Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health.

We explore the risks and benefits of drinking a glass of wine a day.

The digital age isn't making libraries obsolete; it's making them more important than ever.

Ecologist Chris Thomas, author of 'Inheritors of the Earth,' asks readers to look at what we gain through environmental losses.

Ceisjan van Heerden won Bookends in Cardigan after the retiring owner held a raffle to find the new owner.

Nancy Striniste, a landscape designer and educator, has written a book, "Nature Play at Home," and launched a movement around creating natural play spaces.

Dr. John Bradshaw decodes cat behavior and explains what felines really think of us.

Writer Stacy Tornio didn't think she'd get such an enthusiastic response from her son Jack about writing a book.

Beautiful beaches and clear, blue waters are a part of the Big Island's geography, but so are volcanic mountains, lava fields, caves, and impossibly high waterf

This time-lapse video explores a full day at the checkout lanes of a Walmart store in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

A new short mockumentary follows a plastic grocery bag on its journey to the Pacific Ocean.

Before the plastic shopping bag can settle into a life of ease in the Pacific ocean it must first navigate its way past dogs, park rangers, and tree branches.