Fruit flies live longer and lay more eggs when they eat organic food, according to a study published by university researchers and an ambitious Texas teenager.

Researchers have discovered that the butterflies' mutations are multiplying at an alarming rate through successive generations. If genetic damage done to one ge

Reuters investigates the growing trend of builders keeping hush about the severing of mineral rights attached to newly built homes.

If you're trying to clear up your complexion, there are studies that link certain foods and nutrients to improvements in your skin.

And (surprise!) it's not an exercise the actress enjoys.

It's ok to take a longer hot shower when your electricity is coming from the family wind turbine.

Actor says $1 from every ticket sold will go towards relief efforts in devastated Japan.

While its name might evoke scenes of Mother Nature at her most destructive, the Tsunami House on Camano Island, Wash. revolves around comfort and resilience.

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence that could push the date of human habitation in Australia back possibly as far as 80,000 years ago.

A Sitka spruce on Campbell Island may be the 'golden spike' that denotes the controversial beginning of the Anthropocene epoch.

Newly declassified photos show a shocking loss of ice in the Arctic as global temperatures continue to rise.

Drain flies, also known as sink moths or sewer flies, can be a huge nuisance. Here's how to get rid of drain flies naturally and without chemicals.

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

Donating money to help the bees is as easy as adding a mustache to your cat's (or your friend's) photo.

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

Energy prices are going to get more expensive for all of us, but low-income households shouldn't have to shoulder the burden. Here's how we can help them.

Complimentary or not, Thomas Paino welcomes the attention being lavished on his super-efficient Long Island City rowhouse.

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

Space Shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a 747 shuttle carrier aircraft, flies over New York City prior to landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Apr

The massive, potentially rocky planets orbit in the "habitable zone" of a star 22 light-years away.

Beyoncé ended the year on a sour note with members of the NASA community.

Fans of Mother Nature Network's Facebook page can win a box full of green, limited-edition Ball® canning jars and much more.

The discovery of huge amounts of water ice and possible organic compounds on the heat-blasted planet Mercury suggests that the raw materials necessary for life

People who stay up late and sleep in late have a greater risk of early death, U.K. researchers find.

Try these simple tips and bid goodbye to houseflies, those uninvited pests buzzing around your home.

A major study finds a lot of people are clinging to memories that didn't actually happen.

The imagery and placement of Leslie Fry's sculptures aim to increase awareness about the effects of human impact on the natural environment.

Long a subject of speculation, our neighbor has yet to yield signs of life. But that hasn't kept people from imaging it's there.

The percentage of Americans who believe the climate is changing has grown, and 64% of Americans favor regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A decade-long search for alien life called the Breakthrough LiBillionaire Yuri Milner pledges to fund a decade-long search for intelligent life.

Video: Chuck interviews the legendary Willie Nelson at Farm Aid 2009.

Japanese scientists have discovered that some apples have changed in flavor and firmness over the past few decades. Science says climate change may be to blame.

The rainforest as a living machine, is quite possibly the most sophisticated technology on the planet.

Amazon.com may be offering new eco-friendly shipping options to its customers if it capitalizes on a new patent.

When a man and his dog are evicted, people in the community rally to try to keep them together.

Crew of the F/V Kodiak partners with EcoEmissions to burn fuel more efficiently and reduce pollution.

Pittsburgh's newest high-rise displays building performance stats in a most stunning manner.

Matt Hickman can help you pick out the perfect shade of green for your rugs.

For all its perks, like adding color and cozy softness to a home, carpeting is not typically an eco-friendly product. Often made from petroleum-based materials

A mom, inspired by her own little 'chickins,' has hatched a fun, colorful line of nutrition learning tools that can inspire other families to build healthy habi

Scientists says pollution on a planet may help aliens spot an advanced civilization.

On the occasion of the new mobile launch, we talked to the FarmVille animators about how the country critters come to (virtual) life.

The Altworks standing/sitting/lying combo looks like an amazing bit of engineering, but the implications are scary.

The Every Kid in a Park initiative aims to get kids active and outdoors, but it may also turn them into environmental stewards.

Judah Tyreman lost rocks and fossils worth thousands, but thanks to the Internet, he'll replace them and even add some more.

Soothe baby's sore gums without toxic tablets, gels and plastic teethers.

Real or not, Farmington, New Mexico wants no part of a system that reduces CO2 emissions.

Actress Leslie Jones' experience on social media service Twitter can be a reflection of all that's right and horribly wrong with our species.

You may think of butterflies simply as colorful garden pollinators, but there's so much more to these beautiful insects!

Photographer documents the sublime landscape of a bubbling Andean geyser field.