Two major home improvement retailers in the U.K. pledge to pull gardening products containing bee-harming insecticides from their shelves.

Police are looking for suspects in the apian assault.

Researchers hope to create a sperm bank to breed hardier bees and preserve threatened subspecies.

Beekeeping experts warn that too many urban hives may mean there isn't enough food for bees.

Australian scientists are attaching sensors to bees to track their movements and study colony collapse disorder.

The president steps up efforts to protect the pollinators — and their $24 billion contribution to the U.S. economy.

The Oregon city suspended the use of any insecticide containing neonicotinoids, but not everyone is happy.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Concern over dwindling pollinator populations trumps worries of apiarian disturbances.

Colorado's debate over uranium mines isn't that different from other energy debates around the nation.

Supreme Court decides not to hear the case about a plan to build 'the world's largest garbage dump' near the iconic national park.

Coal helped create communities throughout Boone County, West Virginia, years ago but now mountaintop removal mining may be demolishing more than just mountains

No U.S. president has waxed as poetically about mining the moon the way John F. Kennedy did about landing on it.

Chilean mine accident survivor, Mario Sepulveda, is said to be thrilled with the casting decision.

Buried deep in your cellphone, laptop, and flat-screen television are a bevy of obscure elements that make our modern lives possible.

Gone but not forgotten, these once-bustling mining outposts offer visitors a look at Old West ghost towns, from kitschy to untouched.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

American-style refrigerators don't just waste energy, they can hurt your health and wallet too.

It would take an extraordinary force of nature to blow one of these straw-stuffed brick abodes down.

A UCI scientist accidentally discovered a way to make a rechargeable, lithium-ion battery that could last for 400 years.

Paddlers Paul Twedt and Michael Anderson started their Three Rivers Project to clean up Minnesota's three largest rivers.

The Ocean Cleanup is ready to launch plastic-eating System 001 to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

This infographic breaks down how plastic pollution is killing marine life and what you can do to prevent it.

Made of plastic and metal, it harms our oceans just like microbeads.

Sewage in Mumbai's Thane Creek makes the city attractive to thousands of migrating flamingos, even though it's a turn-off for humans.

The disease is in the news again, but this time, campylobacter jejuni is linked to puppies. We answer several questions.

Visiting Florida's Space Coast ahead of next week's primary, the GOP presidential candidate vows to build a permanent U.S. colony on the moon.

NASA's space shuttles are gearing up to make their final voyages — this time flying piggyback a special Boeing 747 jet on the way to museum retirement homes.

A tiny satellite has recovered from an apparent software glitch in orbit and is on track to deploy its solar sail.

Lives would be saved and farmers would enjoy a healthy profit from the switch from tobacco to solar, according to a Michigan Tech-led case study.

In the 2 years since the U.K. imposed a 5-pence fee, about a third of shoppers still use plastic bags. What price would change your habits?

Plastic bags are bad, for sure. But a new fee for produce bags is angering some ... and you're not even allowed to bring your reusables!

These 3 changes in your paper towel, zipper bag and plastic bag habits will get you started on your way to using fewer of these products.

In a bizarre twist, actor claims Costner duped him into selling shares in company that separates oil from water.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is back in focus thanks to Lisa Murkowski and the oil spill commission.

An Atlanta jeweler upcycles tarballs picked up from the beaches of Louisiana's Grand Isle into eco-friendly jewelry.

Actor says Stephen Baldwin's claims that he was duped out of shares in his oil separation company are untrue.

President Obama has a tricky balancing act to perform as BP plans to resume offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

What's your interpretation of this bizarre painting found on the news sharing site Reddit?

Actor takes to social media to call out the Oklahoma Republican and his close ties to the oil industry.

Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster gushed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls from the spill still turn up on Alaba

Stephen Baldwin and a business partner were suing Kevin Costner and his Ocean Therapy Solutions for more than $17 million in damages.

Naturally occurring bacteria gobbled up at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas that spewed into the Gulf following the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, a new s

Nancy Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean "dead zones." The Louisiana researcher has increased our understanding of these hypoxic zone

But environmental groups say oil is still coming ashore and more work needs to be done.

Oke USA is seeking a person passionate about Fair Trade to fill a Banana Logistics and Sales position.

Attention eco-fashionistas in New York City, Canopy Verde is searching for handbag models as part of a grassroots advertising campaign.

With huge eyes in tiny bodies, baby jumping spiders have high-quality vision.

It feels great to celebrate and give back to our moms, and they deserve it, so the pressure’s always on when Mother’s Day pops up. You want to find somethin

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, host a party at the White House on May 10 for mothers, grandmothers an