Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth.

Scientists plan to flood the black market with cheap fake rhino horns to disrupt the poaching market.

Get your remotes ready. Some strong programming is coming up in advance of Earth Day.

A spurious debate over purloined e-mails overshadows evidence that climate change is worse than we thought.

Want to know what young girls really think about the media, girls' fashions, and teen idols like Nicki Minaj? Watch this video to find out.

The best photos of the week as presented by the Mother Nature Network, including a landfill worker in Cambodia and a mistletoe farm.

Unlike incandescent 3-way bulbs that really only have 2 levels of brightness, the 3-way Cree LED boats a trio of brightness levels you can actually see.

In this gorgeous short film, satellite dish arrays from around North America join the sky in a celestial waltz.

The student-designed mobile game Galactickitties lets you save space-flying felines and benefit the ASPCA too.

A new study finds that we cannot remember phone numbers anymore. Shocking!

There's no such thing as too much education, right? What if there's not enough education?

Everybody says we are, but an economist claims that the data show otherwise.

If the whispers about Amazon are true, the few independents still left should be afraid, very afraid.

About 50 million Americans don't have paid sick leave, but there are numerous benefits when employers offer it.

A process intended to teach girls about business instead teaches one of life's hardest lessons.

A New Yorker article gives a behind-the-scenes look at what led to the demise of the climate bill this summer. Here are five observations.

This artisan, certified organic, Fair Trade coffee is one of the best our food blogger has had in her home.

Find out how advances in technology have helped improve these bags, which are designed to break down in your compost pile.

Is it just us or does this latest incarnation of the campy horror franchise look like the best yet?

A new study reveals mosquito DNA in the guano of two widespread North American bat species.

Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project.

Artist Amy Guidry uses dreamlike and unusual images to make a statement about the relationship between humans and the world.

A new book, "Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World," suggests that status matters throughout life, not just in high school.

The author wrote most of 'The Lorax' while visiting an ecosystem inhabited by orange, mustachioed patas monkeys.

This easy-to-navigate, French-speaking metropolis has plenty of outdoor activities and shopping. Did we mention the food?

Many cats form bonds with their humans, just like babies do with their parents.

According to a new report, children who eat a bowl of children's cereal each day could be eating up to 10 pounds of added sugar a year.

There are many foods you can grow from leftover scraps. Is a banana kiwi one of them?

Before you bite into that fig, note that you could be eating dead wasps ... sort of.

But what is lost when picked produce doesn't ripen for weeks or months?

New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System May Be The Farthest One Yet

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity may be an ill of the modern age or just a sign of a different condition.

Poor health, and not unhappiness, was the true cause of early death, the researchers said.

You could buy two boxes of cereal for what one bowl will cost at Kellogg's Time Square cafe, but you'd have to add your own lemon zest.

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.

The water coming out of your tap is safe, but there may still be some common contaminants.

Those food storage beeswax cloths and bags you've been noticing? They work.

The sounds the sun makes would not be music to human ears.

Humans have detected and confirmed seismic event son another planet. Here's what you need to know about "marsquakes" and what they mean.

Probably 45 percent of baby boomers could use Starkey's new Livio AIs or Healthables. What's keeping them away?

Commodities trader stockpiles crops and bets on high futures.

‘NJ FRESH!’ showcases why New Jersey is rightly called The Garden State.

A new study has found that most plants are extremely sensitive to touch, and even a light touch can significantly stunt their growth.

In some cities, glass recyclables aren't being recycled at all.

Breathe new life into hard-to-recycle junk with these innovative solutions.

We may be able to hack our brains to solve problems while we sleep.

If you're dreaming of a white Christmas, these photos of snow-covered nature from all around the world might do the trick.

Studies reveal what cat owners have suspected all along: Your cat hears you when you call — he just chooses not to respond.

We don’t think that people who want to eat organic should have to pay more for their food.

Among the real environmental repercussions of meat production is it uses more fertilizers and pesticides than any other industry (sprayed directly on the animal