If there ever was a reason to invest in a decent pair of shower sandals ...

The enchanting yet highly controversial 'magical new green space' has many Londoners fired up over issues of funding, aesthetics and accessibility.

Koji, a fungus called Aspergillus oryzae, has been essential to Japanese cooking for centuries, and now it's catching on in the U.S.

Pipeline spills aren't good for the environment and they aren't good for politics. They are especially bad for business.

Five Nebraska lawmakers say there is no rush to approve a massive pipeline that could damage the environment.

Senators tried (again) to sneak a last-minute approval for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline into a new transportation bill. But a record-setting 500,000 s

The Bruce just delivered the ultimate excuse for 9-year-old Xabi Glovsky.

When federal agents seized rare ebony and rosewood from famed guitar maker Gibson Guitars, it sparked a firestorm over illegal logging.

Despite the unfortunate acronym, the London Original Loft (LOL) proposal cleverly repurposes unused railway viaduct arches into cave-like residences.

A pair of preservation-minded architects are giving away a historic 1926 bungalow sold as a mail order kit home by Sears with one big catch ...

In a marriage of modular building and adaptive reuse, one Spanish developer has taken to the rooftops.

Loving animals may have been passed down genetically from ancestors who appreciated their services.

Based on our mostly destructive history of interacting with isolated cultures, we should stay away.

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.

Even though Earth is already in an ice age, a surplus of ice is the least of our worries.

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

We need to give coal miners safe, productive, high paying jobs building the green future. Their jobs should not stand in the way of killing coal.

Michael Pollan argues that fossil fuel efficiency replaced farmers, and we need to get them back.

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'

Is telling neighbors in an apartment building that they won't sleep because of an all-night party a courtesy or fair warning?

Endurance athlete Ben Lecomte attempted to swim across the Pacific Ocean to bring attention to the state of our oceans.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson delivered the opening keynote at the 2011 Good Jobs Green jobs conference.

This isn't your father's turbine. It can create more electricity at lower wind speeds and does a better job of predicting the supply of wind energy.

It could be that you need some bees, or that the weather hasn't been ideal, or your soil isn't right.

Study finds you may be better off moving your workout indoors.

The Amazon rainforest fires have been burning for 3 weeks, and some are wondering why Brazil's crisis isn't getting more attention.

This is the first photograph ever taken of the bizarre and mysterious species, Thismia neptunis.

For the Fourth of July, try this cocktail made with an American bourbon and blueberries.

Second Helpings Atlanta provides a bridge between fresh, perishable food and the people who need it most.

In case you want to give brain-training games a shot, here are 4 to try.

'Broken heart syndrome' is typically linked to stress or grief, but it may be caused by happy events or even cancer.

Mercury does not cause autism, another study now concludes. The levels of mercury in the urine of children with autism were no higher than urine mercury levels

In honor of Cesar Chavez Day, here are 10 interesting facts about the civil rights activist.

World Health Organization raises concerns about 2,4-D, calling it 'possibly' carcinogenic.'

It all depends on the upcoming rainy season and residents maintaining water conservation restrictions.

New study shows that nearly half the investment managers from some of the world's largest funds don’t consider climate change an important factor when making

Pickled hops are showing up in brewery restaurants alongside of the brews.

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.

"Expressing gratitude and feeling gratitude are not the same thing," remind scientists looking at recordings of conversations among families.

75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, meaning they originated in animals. Here are 10 to be aware of and which animals carry them.

The standard goal of 10,000 steps could do more harm than good for some, says Dr. Greg Hager of Johns Hopkins, and it might not be enough for others.

Farmers are producing less cocoa than the world demands. That doesn’t mean we’re running out of chocolate.

If you're thinking about moving to another country, his handy tool lets you compare everything from free time to health care costs.

The government's emerging tax plan looks like the baby boomers are hurting millennials, but it's worse than that; it's rich people hurting everyone else.

The GOP has nearly 40 anti-environmental proposals in its debt plan. We parse through five of the most significant items.

It's not what you buy that makes you green, but what you don't.

Rolling Stones piano player Chuck Leavell shows off Charlane Plantation, where he champions the importance of trees.

Intriguing features photographed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity probably don't have a biological origin, mission team members say.

Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, helped shape the future we live in now.

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