Listening to birds reveals a lot about what's happening around you, including what other wildlife is roaming nearby!

If a bird has zygodactyl feet, that means two toes point forward and two point back. This makes life easier for woodpeckers, owls, parrots and ospreys.

The Irish countryside is a patchwork quilt of green, as this photo of Roughgrange, a farm located next to the prehistoric Newgrange monument shows.

The enormous spiders known as Goliath birdeater tarantulas are gentle giants, and beautiful to boot!

The rise and fall of Rev. Billy James Hargis, along with the popularity of Glenn Beck, makes our media columnist long for the days of the Fairness Doctrine.

Conservative lightning rod has history of anti-environmental comments.

As he prepares to leave Fox News, it's a good time to remember some of the more interesting things Beck has said about the environment.

Sometimes it's not that hard to predict the future and that's just what happened with Hurricane Irene.

While the Greenland Ice Sheet has been known to be gradually melting over the years, new evidence shows that certain areas are thinning faster than others.

The world's glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making them responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise.

Titled 'Bigger Than Life,' a new short video explores Alaskan ice caves with a GoPro-toting drone.

Massive UV-resistant blankets are designed to slow down the melt.

Farmers who were once wary of selling produce to ‘city people’ now have 300 regular customers, make more money, and don't get headaches.

Don't waste money on an old-fashioned tie. And don't waste money on these gifts either.

The secret to a long life might be how old your father or grandfather was when they reproduced.

Sure, there are deadbeats, but for the most part, modern dads are ripping apart old pop-culture tropes.

Irish teen Fionn Ferreira won the 2019 Google Science Fair for removing microplastics from water.

Wearable air conditioners may help wean us off our emissions-happy ways.

Mirror neurons help us imitate each other's expressions and the feelings that go with them.

The all-new Toyota Camry Hybrid is perfect for your next family road trip.

Ford announces that its new, faster-charging plug-in hybrid Ford Fusion will get 100+ MPGe. Oh, and it's cute, too.

There are tricks to properly cleaning a cast iron skillet without ruining its seasoning. This infographic offers several.

You can hang, press and even microwave a variety of flowers and keep them for years.

Hanging a birdhouse means considering not only the birds but also the tree. Here's how to protect your trees and your feathered friends.

Leave the premixed red stuff at the store. Here's a homemade nectar recipe that will keep the hummingbirds in your yard well-fed and happy.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Cookout the green way with these tips and products!

These photos of service dogs went viral after part of their training took place at a play at the Stratford Festival in Canada.

Video: Move over, Georgia O'Keeffe! Masterpieces by Autumn de Forest have fetched nearly $250,000. She tells Matt Lauer, 'I love to paint' and 'I do it every da

Artist Dave Rittinger's shirts are beautifully leafy to wear and easily compostable at end of use -- and scratchily impractical to wear.

"The Silent Evolution" by Jason deCaires Taylor is 400 permanent sculptures in Mexican waters.

Enter The Nature Conservancy's digital photography contest for a chance to see your work on the cover of the nonprofit's annual calendar.

Some of NYC's oldest trees will get the appreciation they deserve with some creative lighting, poetry and more.

Actor is taken to court over 17 bronze horse and bison sculptures he commissioned back in the late '90s.

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.

These human nests are biomimicry at its best, built the way birds do with cozy comfort in mind.

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

Artist Ian Berry's creation is made from the most familiar of materials.

Rabbit Island residency programs encourage artists to incorporate conservation, ecology and sustainability into their work.

The deadly disease is transmitted by rodents and doesn't have a cure.

Julia is part of Sesame Street's campaign to help kids with autism feel loved and accepted.

In his book, "Endurance," astronaut Scott Kelly lays bare the highs and lows of living through NASA's longest single spaceflight.

A new, all-girl 'Lord of the Flies' movie is in the works, making this the right time to ditch some of the gendered assumptions we have about kids.

This winter, New Hampshire will be the setting for some serious presidential primary campaigning and the non-stop news coverage that goes with it. However, for

Birmingham sits at the center of England's West Midlands region. Though it is not on many international tourists' radar, it is the second-largest city in the co

Most disasters lie outside human control, but some of the world’s most devastating events have been caused by humans.

Fiat offers loaner bikes to drivers in need, the Atlantic ocean gets its own garbage patch, and researchers find a massive oil plume lurking beneath the Gulf of

Earth now has five or six major ocean garbage patches, and new research suggests they'll continue growing for 'at least the next thousand years.'

The ocean food web is contaminated by trash and garbage, and it's ending up in our diets.

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