The research reveals genetic clues about the insects' behavior, making it possible to target specific attributes.

Try these simple tips and bid goodbye to houseflies, those uninvited pests buzzing around your home.

Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.

Despite the 'D' word, a new survey finds that Americans are still smitten with lush residential landscapes.

More than half of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted, according to satellite system data.

State legislators in Colorado are working to make it legal for residents to harvest rainwater for irrigation.

Thailand's wet and wild Songkran festival comes during the country's worst drought in decades.

Freshwater supplies are dwindling as populations grow, but these companies are helping us use water more wisely.

Right now, we basically build cities in a way that worsens flooding events, but nature has solutions.

Rutherford Seydel's Oxygen Project creates a sustainable Earth while creating financial sustainability for all. All it will take is a massive group action.

Four severe droughts in 20 years have left many residents of the Horn of Africa on the edge of survival.

Spongy water harvester prototype that uses only sunlight was tested successfully in the Arizona desert.

A perplexing amount of the planet's water slips deep into Earth's interior at some tectonic boundaries, a new study has found. But where does it go?

The aquifer is hundreds of feet under the seabed, spans 200 miles along the U.S. East Coast, and hints at similar deposits elsewhere.

Emoji can add emotion and intent to emails and texts, but can they ever become their own language?

The search giant has trained neural networks to interpret photos, but they can also be coaxed to create monsters.

Rule No. 1: You're never too old or too young to learn to code.

Theses six apps can help you add hours back to your day.

You want to feel safe? Be a nobody with nothing anyone is interested in.

A Microsoft experiment goes awry in short order as Tay runs straight into Godwin's Law.

The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient tool for finding primes, but it might get a boost by modern computing.

First the Danes fund the largest wind company in the U.S. Now the Spaniards are set to open a 24-megawatt solar plant in California. Why are American investors

As the president leapfrogs from India to Indonesia to Seoul, he's making deals on green energy in the hopes of curbing climate change.

The new conference introduces investors from across the country to Southeastern companies to shed more light on business in the region.

You pay only shipping for a set of 15 organic, fair trade chocolates and educational cards that your kids can give out to visitors.

The Fair Trade Federation Conference in May will tackle tough questions in the activist and business communities about what 'fair' really means.

May 14, 2011, is Stamp Out Hunger Day and World Fair Trade Day. It's one of those occasions when you can do some good for other people while you're still in you

Today is Ben & Jerry’s annual free cone day, and you have permission to indulge in this socially responsible treat.

For a limited time, watch a 90-second video and receive a coupon to a fast food chain that’s trying to do it right.

Organic, grass-fed, free-range beef burgers and fries cooked in olive oil make a fast-food meal worth going out for — once in a while.

6 tips for making healthy choices when you're eating out on a budget. It can be a challenge to find decent food for a decent price when eating out. This is how

A new survey reveals that overall, nearly 70 percent of U.S. consumers purchase green products or services.

Instagramming your restaurant could get you a slap on the wrist from the chef. Should it?

FarmedHere, a new 90,000-square-foot indoor farm, just opened in the suburbs of Chicago and is now the largest facility of its kind in the world.

For Memorial Day weekend, and for all your summer grilling celebrations, this great red is affordable enough to serve to crowds.

Korean scientists create energy-saving windows that reflect heat in the summer and absorb it during the winter.

From two Apple expats comes the Nest Learning Thermostat, a cleverly intuitive household thermostat that picks up on your daily schedule as well as your heating

Wind energy is often viewed as environmentally friendly. Still, even if wind turbines are situated so as to not inadvertently kill birds and bats, they may carr

While the Mars Curiosity rover sports state-of-the-art equipment, much of that machinery is bound to its body by a simple network of knots.

Here are five serious sewage disasters in history, many of them caused by overwhelmed sewer systems. How we can prevent future ones from flowing our way?

The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse demonstrates the vast potential for renewable energy after successfully setting the distance record for solar aviation.

These critical elements are abundant in Alaska's Bokan Mountain, but extracting them could be a long and difficult process.

Scientists have developed a glass that changes from opaque to transparent and can be adjusted for different wavelengths of light.

Officials hope the aircraft will help prevent unsafe E. coli counts, which have caused beach closures in the past.

Swans and cygnets along the river Thames are rounded up, counted and examined in an annual, historic swan-upping ceremony every July.

Endangered loggerhead sea turtles are making a comeback in the Southeast thanks to protections put in place decades ago.

Climate doubters are apoplectic over a few misinterpreted sentences in the draft report.

New tool rewards users for 'dropping' climate change facts into different online forums or comments on trending articles.

The tongue-in-cheek campaign, courtesy of 350.org, proposes naming storms after climate change deniers.

This fraudster has an overactive imagination.