Virginia school system celebrates the students who are heading for careers instead of going to college.

Are you qualified to recite the Girl Scout promise? Prove it.

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

18-year-old Ryan Chester joins 13 scientists feted at the 2015 Breakthrough Awards.

Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee is about to experience change.

Now all Republican Senate candidates this November are on the record denying global warming.

While politicians in Appalachia are taking aim at the EPA, John Yarmuth is patting the agency on the back.

The U.S. representative fighting for her life after a weekend shooting has been an advocate for many issues, including the environment.

Tom Hassenboehler is joining the natural gas industry after years of working with the Senate's most vocal climate change denier.

Despite her best attempts, Gov. Susana Martinez can't keep environmental regulations from becoming law.

Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, is perhaps the greenest Republican candidate running for president, but he was once even greener.

In honor of American Made Matters Day, we rounded up 10 products manufactured in the U.S.

Actor and entrepreneur says his centrifuges could make a difference in small-scale oil cleanups.

From avocados and Scott Baio to David Bowie's 'Starman,' the big game has it all.

Is it just us or does this latest incarnation of the campy horror franchise look like the best yet?

Virgin Spaceship Unity, set to begin test flights next month, includes a very special nod to the theoretical physicist.

Almost 50 years after Aldrin ate oatmeal on Apollo 11, Quaker uses his breakfast of choice in an inspirational ad not aired in the U.S.

Famed naturalist David Attenborough says that despite his scripts taking longer to write, he has absolutely no plans of retiring.

Epicurious picks the 100 greatest home cooks of all time, and you might be surprised by the names on the list.

Bindi Irwin shares heartfelt message about her father and conservation on Nov. 15, which is now Steve Irwin Day.

Acclaimed British actress stars in a new BBC documentary that unlocks the remarkable secrets of forests.

From urban jungles to sprawling prairies, here are some noteworthy facts about these resourceful rodents.

Before she flew back into the wild, Miss Alicia the bat met a fruit and fell in love.

Some of the smartest solutions really do lie right under our noses. In the case of Indie Energy, a Chicago-based cleantech company, the solution was buried in t

Cloud invasion; Dubai: "beach, please"; wind wins over ethanol; Google would drill for geothermal; dolphins swarming

To tree or not to tree?; the world's first live magma observatory, by accident; more on jellyfish swarms; can nuclear power compete?; National Geographic's 2008

In North America alone, there is enough energy trapped beneath the Earth's surface to produce 10 times as much electricity as coal currently does.

The eco-friendly boutique hotel is located in Napa Valley.

A closer look at the Lone Star Geyser could help scientists predict volcanic eruptions.

Iceland's ION Luxury Adventure Hotel isn't so much about the hotel itself but about the stunning, otherworldly landscapes that surround it.

Sam Jaffe created The Caterpillar Lab to share his love of these weird and wacky creatures. He transformed a childhood passion into a full-fledged career.

Virginia Tech researchers have deciphered and codified the honey bee language with remarkable precision.

We can learn a lot from dung beetles, including how to be better citizens of the planet.

You wouldn't leave the shower on for 42 minutes, right? When you think about food waste that way, it's more tangible.

More than 170 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement on Earth Day 2016, but that's just the beginning.

A royal Bengal tiger takes refuge in a local man's bed from deadly floods near Kaziranga National Park.

Japan wants no part of Kyoto but what about the other goals of COP 16?

In "The Passage," a family recounts past adventures and explores the meaning of kinship on a grand Alaskan journey.

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

Sure, they happen every day, but there's so much to know about them, including that tides are just big waves.

World Rhino Day has us thinking about how amazing this animal really is, and how close we are to losing it forever.

These small horses were thought to be the only truly wild horse species left on the planet and have a fascinating history.

Fox News' resident rightwing rodeo clown pulls out a heaping dose of hypocrisy when he accuses world leaders gathered in Copenhagen of 'fear mongering'.

This summer's unprecedented melt for the icy white cap over Arctic waters appears to have come to a stop on Sunday, Sept. 16, setting a new record low for Arcti

The prominent rift that opened up last in year in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier has widened and filled with snow, according to NASA.

Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.

A tourist was able to photograph the epic collapse of Patagonian ice bridge Perito Moreno into an icy lake below.

Antarctica is a land of ice. But dive below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and you'll find fire as well, in the form of subglacial volcanoes.

More ships are navigating the perilous, frigid Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean, with large passenger vessels soon to join them.

These glacial gifts offer a glimpse into our prehistoric and cultural past.