Joining an environmental book club (or cracking a few eco-books solo) is a virtually effortless way to green up your life a bit.

You can dramatically reduce your carbon footprint just by choosing products and services that are locally-owned and produced.

A challenge encourages parents to get their kids outside for almost 3 hours a day.

After nearly 100 years, snowballs are legal in this town again thanks to one brave kid.

Bill and Melinda Gates outline global-aid myths: poor countries will always be poor, foreign aid is a waste, and saving lives will lead to overpopulation.

The flu vaccine is your best weapon against the flu this year.

How do they do it? Through lots of glass jars, obliterating clutter, and recycling only as a last resort. Bea Johnson shares her top 10 tips.

See the stunning images captured over 15 years by the European Space Agency's Mars Express in this beautiful greatest hits montage.

After the event, all the wood will be recycled or given away in Mexico to be used to build homes.

The backwoods genius of 'Billy Bob's Gags to Riches' lives high off low-brow novelties.

One Israeli winery wants to highlight Tu Bishvat, an environmentally focused holiday, so everyone can celebrate.

For the first time in two decades, a U.S. presidential debate season has passed without any candidate or moderator mentioning climate change.

The Fountain of Youth in pill form? 'Miracle' drug that could make us all centenarians is set to begin human trials.

A random YouTube video leads to the reunion of two sisters who grew up 5,000 miles apart.

Years of futile searching didn't work, but a single Facebook plea connects the two women in less than 24 hours.

Thanks to the power of social media, Chester the pit bull spent his first Easter with his new family.

A small clinical trial suggests that suramin can reverse some autism symptoms with one dose, based on the theory of cell danger response.

Hailey Dawson has a 3-D printed hand and team spirit for days.

These storied specimens have been shortlisted for Britain's Tree of the Year contest.

The extremely rare South Pacific island is one of three new islands to form in the last 150 years.

Beautiful and daring, Cinder Cone will resonate with those who have graduated from Thrasher to Dwell.

19 of the 450 remaining whales died from 2017-2018, pushing the species even closer to the edge of extinction.

Although they are getting better at it, many consumers still do not spend every last penny that is credited to their gift cards.

A National Geographic Kids book teaches all about the “Human Footprint.”

The head of Duke Energy says Americans don't have the attention span to take on crafting a meaningful energy policy.

The world's oceans are turning acidic even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago.

Find out how this small Maine liberal arts school achieved its goal of being 100% carbon-neutral ahead of a 2015 deadline.

Christmas is the season for many things, including a massive carbon footprint.

Can you celebrate America without meat on the barbeque grill? Sure you can. With a free vegetable grilling eBook and some of MNN's own recipes, you’ll have lo

To celebrate the 30th birthday of Macintosh, Apple filmed an ad entirely on an iPhone and aired it during the Super Bowl.

American workers either don't get paid vacation days, or they are afraid to use them.

The way we work and the jobs we do are changing fast. Are you keeping up?

Vivienne Harr ran a lemonade stand for 365 days straight to help end child slavery. And she's not done yet.

This hot young scientist has created solutions to everything from helping communities survive a flood to helping his twin sisters learn how to ride their bikes.

Richard Turere's solar-powered invention safely scares lions away from his family's cattle.

Hailey Fort also grows food and is fundraising to buy coats and other supplies to help those in need.

Instead of running errands, Tom Wagg used his one-week internship to earn a place in history.

Gitanjali Rao saw that the current options for testing lead were slow and unreliable, and decided to do something about it.

Zander Hite's woodworking hobby started with a gift from his grandfather and a challenge to make a difference in the world.

Robbie Bond wants to inspire kids and their families to protect our national lands.

A recent interview with President Obama reveals he hasn't given up of the climate issue.

Nonprofit, cofounded by media mogul Ted Turner, has been an instrumental force in supporting global environmental education since 1991.

More than 100 plant species are capable of going dormant to avoid danger, according to a new study.

The decline of Ohio's butterflies likely reflects a broader crisis for a wide range of insects, researchers say.

Attention Earth Day shoppers: The most highly anticipated, wildly expensive energy-saving light bulb out there, the L Prize-winning winning 60-watt equivalent L

Wisdom the albatross is amazing at 68 years old and still raising babies.

As global warming causes glaciers to retreat, long-dormant plants could be reborn.

Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth.

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

Annual celestial event often produces large bright fireballs that scorch the night sky.