Women who have had heart attacks want more information than they're currently getting from their cardiologists in order to move on with their lives.

Videos and ads by Roxy for women's surfing gear and swimsuits anger female surfers.

Early data suggest the U.S. teen birth rate hit a historic low in 2013, according to a new report from the CDC.

A giant spoon worm was caught on video as it burrows beneath the sea.

Eco-publisher giving away copies of Riki Ott's book on the Exxon Valdez spill, <i>Not One Drop</i>, in exchange for donations to help in the Gulf coast relief e

A new app for iPhone and Android lets users report impacts of the Gulf oil spill in real time.

BP is coming under criticism for buying 'gulf oil spill' search advertising on Google. Will the company's attempt to redirect online traffic backfire?

Billed as the first charity 'F-bomb-athon' this is of the most satisfying rants about the BP oil spill yet. Do not listen in the presence of small children.

Consumers get outraged when they realize that foods labeled 'all-natural' contain genetically engineered ingredients. But GMO-free is

The winner of the Apps for Healthy Kids contest sponsored by Let’s Move allows kids build a healthy meal from ingredients online, and they can send those meal

Looks like the USDA forgot its 'A' stands for all agriculture and not just beef this week, and Monsanto might have more power than the federal court system. It'

Looking for plant hardiness zones? This useful map shows which plants you can grow in your garden based on temperatures in your area.

The Non-GMO Project received USDA approval to label meat from animals fed a diet that didn’t contain genetically modified ingredients as Non-GMO.

A pilot project in Ithaca, N.Y. will rent space in a community freezer for people to store bulk meat purchases.

New rules will require breeders who sell pets online to have a USDA permit. They also must pay an annual licensing fee and consent to random inspections.

What will happen to WIC, SNAP and the federal school lunch program if the shutdown is prolonged?

In Mexico, a drug cartel is extorting money from avocado producers and killing those who won’t pay. There’s no perfect way to avoid buying them.

Food and Water Watch parodies “Portlandia’s” awesome chicken sketch to make a point about factory farming inspections and urges consumers to take action.

The government no longer requires Country of Origin Labeling on meat, and the USDA has rescinded a grass-fed beef label.

On the heels of the government's dietary guidelines, Environmental Working Group releases its own version, free from food industry interference.

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 1

Sharp reductions in short-lived airborne pollutants could significantly slow sea level rise before 2100

A new report from Climate Central finds that most of the overflow was caused by coastal flooding, which was made worse by rising sea levels.

This winter, the Arctic ice cap expanded to a total of 5.76 million square miles — one of the lowest areas on record since 1979.

As if rising sea levels and more intense weather weren't bad enough. The newest negative effect of climate change? The rising dead.

Longer days are yet another profound consequence of global warming.

Not only can coral reefs buffer humans from disasters, but protecting them is 15 times cheaper than building sea walls.

Stone Age villages on the Orkney Islands are older than Stonehenge, but archaeologists fear that they won't be around for much longer.

Everything from dandruff shampoo to olive oil can be used to treat this unsightly yet harmless condition.

Q: My friend is about to have a baby and I got "honored" with (aka: stuck) throwing the shower. She’s super green and doesn’t want a lot of pastel pink or b

I just had my 36-week checkup at the gynecologist and they told me that my baby is breech, meaning that if it doesn’t go head-down soon, I’m going to have t

My newborn child won’t stop crying My sister-in-law says he could have colic. I don’t even know what that means but it sounds serious. Got any natural remed

New research explains why babies lose interest when they see something that seems simple.

Mommy blogger's confession sparks controversy over the necessity of the daily baby bath.

Community-focused eco-renovation firm Green Canopy Homes teams up with GMAC Mortgage to breathe new, green life into neglected, bank-owned properties across Sea

Squeeze on in for a tour of the COMET, a 1960s Avalon camper transformed into a solar-powered mobile abode by Mariah Coz.

In his latest project for the DIY Network, Vanilla Ice moves to Ohio's Amish country to learn some old-school renovation techniques.

A family proves that even the most ramshackle out buildings can be transformed into cozy, habitable spaces with a bit of hard work and creative design.

Explaining this his car 'doesn't need its own little home,' a homeowner converts his garage into a cottage and rents out his main house.

The flower flower motif-stamped Los Angeles masterpiece is set to reopen as a museum following renovations.

Apartments are expensive and hard to find. Is co-living a solution or is it just an upscale rooming house?

An Olympic bid is as good a reason as any for the Parisian architectural landmark to get all gussied up.

The head of the U.N.'s World Food Program talks about how we can fix the hunger problem.

Earth has never hosted 7 billion people all at once before, but according to the U.N., it may reach that spooky milestone by the end of this month.

As humanity hits the 7 billion mark today, a new U.N. report suggests we should focus more on our quality of life than the quantity of it.

Here's a small birthday tribute to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the "great-souled" man who was born 148 years ago today. It's a poignant way to celebrate the man

The IPCC report is expected to include summaries on melting glaciers, sea level rise and the impact of human activities on the global climate.

A key focus of this week's Transformational Media Summit is how sharing stories can change attitudes to help us create a more peaceful world.

Understanding what you are eating is a crucial step to healthier living. But what do all those food labels really mean?

The Institute of Medicine has raised the amount of potatoes, corn and peas it recommends you eat each week.