High winds and vacant land create the perfect recipe for tumbleweed terror in Victorville.

Green 'Family Weekend'; nature TV premieres.

Shark expert Jeff Kurr talks with MNN about Discovery's 'Shark Week' and his new documentary for this year's celebration.

A joint scientific statement reveals that the use of sugar-free products doesn't necessarily guarantee a smaller waistline.

Researchers find patients with severe psoriasis were almost twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes than those without the skin condition.

Between Ceylon and cassia cinnamon, which is better and how do you tell them apart? Here's the scoop.

Get ready to break out the tissues with this video featuring children from the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta.

The bandage uses a thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to create injectable hydrogels.

The rotavirus vaccine may also have the unexpected advantage of reducing rates of Type 1 diabetes.

Recession proof green jobs, $7 million in energy efficiency savings and more.

'Green Buildings for Great Communities' is the theme for World Green Building Week 2012.

The Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday that U.S. ethanol production was down about 1 percent.

Carbon offsets could work in Indonesia, "clean coal" is a fantasy, beer companies are going greener, and can car factories really be local?

Matt Hickman unravels the mysteries behind offsetting CO2 and buying RECs. (Hint: One of them can fund tree-planting efforts.)

Electric cars are really shooting off into the stratosphere, and it’s all Elon Musk can do to keep up.

Co-owned by a quartet of couples, Llano Exit Strategy blends communal living and rural solitude.

Climate change now emerging a core issue in the fight to end poverty.

For your health and the environment's, take at least one weekly stroll.

Kevin Judd enjoys programming elaborate holiday light shows at his Riverside, Calif. home. But after a video of last Halloween's 'Party Rock Anthem' display wen

Danielle Trofe returns to WantedDesign with a duo of LED lamp-hourglass hybrids that stay illuminated via the kinetic energy produced by falling sand.

From natural beauty to parties, openings and shows, the start of fashion week brings plenty of green goodness!

Some farmers have found the wonderful (and profitable) insulating properties of milkweed.

Birds that produce 'flight calls' during night migration may be more vulnerable to light pollution, a new study finds.

Scare up some family reading fun with these Halloween ebooks filled with ghosts, and goblins, and freaky Halloween legends.

Find out how to stay focused while working from home, what companies have telecommuting opportunities and more.

A trio works from anywhere in the world, teleworking during the Olympics and a mandatory work from home day. If you’re preparing for the Friday night commute

Will congress study for its final exam, or will it revert to be bad habits and hope for best?

With Shark Week 2013 looming on the horizon, it's a fine time to invest in apex predator-themed home decor.

In addition to keeping green by hitting up the bulk food bins this week, outfit your kitchen with attractive receptacles to store all those garbanzo beans.

By choosing wisely with kitchen sponges you can keep plastic out of the landfill.

Effects of the fiscal cliff deal on food policy

After his dog died, Ryan Gosling took to wearing George's tag.

Celebrity chefs are calling out sweet potato casserole with marshmallows, but know this: there's a place for sweet potatoes on your Thanksgiving table.

A new study looks at the co-evolutionary 'arms race' between a brood parasite and its hosts.

Here's a hot property with three bedrooms, two baths and 17,000 square feet of space.

Earth Day turned 41 Friday, with organizers hoping to inspire "A Billion Acts of Green," the holiday's theme for 2011. It's a noble goal, but recent events like

Groupon deals, rain barrels, epic videos and the marketing hype surrounding Earth Day.

You can celebrate Earth Day all week long with free admission to any national park.

PBS Kids' beloved Arthur cartoon will spend Earth week teaching kids to go green.

A new MNN comic explains why we should rename 'Wednesday' in honor of our home planet.

As a wall goes up dividing the U.S. and Mexico, a range of environmental concerns are surfacing. Conservation photographer Krista Schlyer documents the impact.

These aerial images highlight the devastating effect global warming has on the arctic.

Need a gift for dad in a hurry? Here are six great Father's Day gifts you can whip up this weekend.

Don't miss the best original stories of the week from Mother Nature Network.

Artist Patterson Clark naturally 'harvests' areas plagued by weeds and uses the leaves, roots and stems of much-loathed plants to produce handcrafted art suppli

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 14-20, 2011, including the not-so-nutty professor behind the The Periodic Table of the Elements an

Using a repurposed trash bin, Berkeley-based artist Gregory Kloehn creates Oscar the Grouch's dream home: A comfortable, one-room dwelling complete with hardwoo

A compilation of the best original stories from Mother Nature Network for the week, including Bear Grylls' eating habits, a webcam of Mount Everest and much mor

Scientists and artists have more in common than one might think. Many techniques used by artists are just as indispensable for scientists, who use interesting i

In memory of his late wife, a farmer has spent 35 years planting and nurturing a guitar-shaped forest in Argentina.