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

In Tennessee, the streets are too dangerous for one 10-year-old on a bike. In Copenhagen, the streets are too crowded to accommodate any more kids. The real pro

Environmental Defense launches 'spendometer' to track anti-climate campaigning.

Say it ain't so, Amy Poehler.

A photo snapped by singer Frenchie Davis of Louis Boria knitting on the subway drew attention to his business, Brooklyn Boy Knits.

Conservation efforts are helping some large predators reclaim ancestral habitats, a new study finds.

Earth's species are now vanishing at rates unprecedented in human history. That matters for more reasons than many people realize.

In North America alone, there is enough energy trapped beneath the Earth's surface to produce 10 times as much electricity as coal currently does.

A giant flood of Arctic meltwater may have triggered an ancient 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the "Big Freeze," the last major cold age on Earth, a new study

Scientists used computer models to predict how the glaciers would respond to future climate change, and the results were not reassuring.

From a moose to a tick, from a coyote to a cockroach, author Rachel Levin walks us through what to do in her book, "Look Big."

'Big River,' a companion film to 'King Corn,' explores the wide-reaching water pollution problems created by monoculture farming.

Three out of every four products in the grocery store contain corn. This infographic shows how the use of corn for fuel and food has increased dramatically over

new truck standards

Here are five hot trends that paleontologists expect to see in 2016 and the years ahead.

As people age, they need good healthy food, but some boomers are taking shortcuts and getting proper nutrition.

After World War II, a government program called Atoms for Peace aimed to find a peaceful use for nuclear power. And thus, the atomic garden was born.

About 70 million American baby boomers are going shopping, and many of them have deep pockets.

This isn't an aging problem, it's a design problem.

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

Purple martins love tall, condo-style houses that can host a crowd.

A woman decided to volunteer at The Wildcat Sanctuary, a small animal refuge in rural Minnesota, and the results have been pretty amazing.

The highly anticipated successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to launch in spring 2021.

Aflac employee and Auburn alumnus rallies colleagues to raise more than $70,000 for boy with leukemia.

Investors bilked out of $54 million chasing the promise of a green utopia.

Two guys peddled the idea of making money with renewable energy and biochar but ultimately ended up just taking their investors for millions.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

The Swedish furniture giant is spending staggering amounts on renewables and climate adaptation, putting entire countries to shame.

High-voltage utilities are experimenting with generating energy from renewable feedstocks available locally.

Mayor announced a plan to offer his employees discounts to Weight Watchers.

A 15-foot-python has been on the lam in Morgantown, West Virginia, for almost a week, and it's all anyone can talk about.

Nikon Small World Photomicrography shows how art and science intersect.

The Golden Globes, BAFTA and the Oscars have all committed to a greener production and ceremony. Are these noble pursuits or just greenwashing?

The Global Wildlife Conservation held their first #WildlifePhotoFail contest, where bloopers and blunders aren't just celebrated, they're rewarded.

If you're trying to lose weight, the time of day when you eat matters just as much as how many calories you eat, new research suggests.

A husky turned in by a breeder for her 'weird' eyes is adopted after a rescue group shares her story.

30 of the world's largest cities have reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Maybe it's time to rethink the rules of water warfare and retreat to the age of squirt guns and water balloons.

The the oldest state park in California, Big Basin Redwoods has old-growth forest and plant and animal life that shifts with the altitude.

The 2,700 acre park covers grasslands, freshwater riparian habitat, saltwater marshes, and coastal sage scrub habitat.

The new quarterly journal Comestible is a grab-a-big-cup-of-coffee-and-read-from-cover-to-cover kind of publication.

The explosion detected in a galaxy 390 million light-years from Earth was 5 times more energetic than anything seen before, but it's no Big Bang.

There are smart, innovative alternatives to incinerating and landfilling apparel.

Theropods like the T. Rex have their bony cranial ornamentation to thank for their enormous size.

The new book by Sheri Koones is full of beautiful homes and good ideas.

Former Ardonagh deputy CEO Janice Deakin has stepped back at the consolidator and vowed that she needs a ‘break’ from big deals having worked on the acquisition of Swinton, but added the idea of acting as a non-executive director at another firm presently has little appeal.

Guest blogger Elliott Campbell explains why the best EV isn't necessarily what the online reviews say.

Ahoskie, a small town in North Carolina, can now buy new equipment and better training thanks to Enviva.

Multilevel societies had only been found in big-brained mammals. Then researchers studied the vulturine guineafowl.

U.S. particulate pollution isn't the deadly threat it once was, but the dangerously tiny specks still often plague big cities as well as rural wilderness.