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

The USDA wants to set nutritional standards for snacks sold in vending machines, "a la carte" lunch lines and school stores.

More than twice as many states put in orders with the USDA this year for ground beef that may contain the controversial lean finely textured beef.

A GMO apple won't brown when exposed to oxygen, but apple growers aren't thrilled.

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.

USDA and EPA aim to cut food waste in half. But how will they get that food to the hungry?

New dietary guidelines put a limit on added sugar, and changed their tune on dietary cholesterol. Good news for egg lovers.

The government no longer requires Country of Origin Labeling on meat, and the USDA has rescinded a grass-fed beef label.

A petition to to the USDA to allow food stamps to be used online could make affordable, healthy foods easily available to people in food deserts.

SNAP recipients in certain states will be able to buy groceries from designated retailers during the 2-year pilot.

The USDA is asking makers of meat, dairy and egg products to stop using "sell by" and "use by" dates and adopt a universal "best if used by" label.

The new USDA label for "bioengineered food" doesn't answer basic questions that some shoppers will have about genetically modified foods.

USDA releases final rules for GMOs in our food, but they call them bioengineered foods instead. Here's what you need to know.

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

As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into

On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new researc

Pine Island Glacier holds back part of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose thinning ice is contributing to sea level rise.

The melting was part of an annual summer thaw, typical in size and timing for the season.

Could the plight of one Kiribati family foreshadow a future inundated with climate-change castaways?

If a small chunk of ice currently plugging the edge of an ice sheet in Antarctica were to melt, it could release massive amounts of ice into the ocean.

The catastrophic collapse of the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet is underway.

Arctic sea ice — the ice that freezes and floats on Arctic waters — is thinning at a steadier and faster rate than researchers previously thought.

One of the states most at risk from climate change has reportedly banned officials from using the phrase 'climate change.'

Eko Atlantic will be the modern face of Nigeria, for better or for worse.

From N.H. to Nova Scotia, Ancient forests emerge only during rare periods of extreme low tide.

Longer days are yet another profound consequence of global warming.

Climate Chronograph is a memorial that sinks as sea levels rise.

Increased sea ice drift forces polar bears to expend more energy walking on a fast-moving 'treadmill' of sea ice.

Antarctica ice loss was only contributing 0.2 millimeters per year to sea level rise, but that number has jumped to 0.6 millimeters since 2012.

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

Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge is rich with wildlife and history — and it's under siege from the waters that surround it. And it's only to get worse.

You know those baby registry lists you get in the mail when someone slips those retailers the news that you’re expecting? You’ll find everything from Exersa

Work will be a how-to handbook based on her mission of 'creating a natural, authentic, and nontoxic life' for her family.

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

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is reportedly being swamped with gifts from all around the world — including companies looking to score the benefit

Make sure your new baby's room is safe and healthy for the whole family with these quick and easy tips.

Have you ever tasted jarred baby food? It isn’t that good. So why feed it to your little one?

Pregnant women, infants and children who drink raw milk are at particularly high risk of developing serious, life-threatening illnesses.

The new "Improved Formula' baby shampoo will no longer contain quaternium-15 and other potential carcinogens.

If you are pregnant and love living green, a new TV documentary series might just make you a star.

Researchers find that breastfed children were exposed to more food flavors and were therefore more likely to be healthier eaters than their non-breastfed peers.

A photographer, a body painter, and a pregnant woman team up to show what it looks like inside the womb.

New study says pregnant women should think twice about taking acetaminophen as it may cause behavioral issues later on. But read deeper and the story changes.

Nursing mom becomes breastfeeding hero by pumping during a half marathon.

Parents may be teaching babies to use food as a comfort, which leads to obesity later in life, studies show. But as a parent, I'm not buying it.

There are a number of things you can do that will not only boost your fertility but also help ensure that you're in tip-top condition.

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

Following a gut rehab, an L.A. homeowner is selling the place where Freddy Krueger met his match for the first, but certainly not the last, time.

In the biggest city in America's smallest state, comes a micro-apartment complex that aims to revive a struggling 19th-century indoor shopping center.

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