Oxybenzone may be effective at filtering UV light, but it comes at a dangerously high cost to human health.

In a delightful departure from the norm, officers in Newburgh, NY, tell kids they're doing nothing wrong.

Green juices and smoothies aren’t necessarily the other kind of green—the eco-friendly kind.

We are very civilized here at TreeHugger and rarely criticize other writers when we disagree with their posts, and never fight in the comments. (unlike at Grist where you can see Dave Roberts and Jason Scorse go at it hammer and tongs over mercury in

It clogs our oceans and tampers with our bodies, yet without it, all modern life would skid to a stop. Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, explores the rise of plastic into ubiquity, hails it for its life-saving wonders, and explores

Some good news on the critically endangered Indian vulture: New research published in PLoS One documents how the rate of the bird's decline has fallen since India, Nepal, and Pakistan banned the veterinary painkiller

Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today.

Time to move over, coffee. Tea is making a comeback for a number of very good reasons.

What's it going to be? Check out this fun infographic to learn amusing and interesting facts about both popular beverages.

Still unknown: are the effects due to women drinking more tea than men?

A government report has found that selenium contamination is connected to fish deformities, including two-headed trout.

In an attempt to close the loop on production, Adidas has invented a shoe made from biodegradable artificial spider silk that will melt away when you're done with them.

In a tale of intrigue and derring-do, the crafty cephalopod slipped out of his enclosure and found his way to freedom.

The rich are different from you and me, they can just buy New Zealand.

We have lots of stuff, it's just unevenly distributed.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the

Helsinki's old abattoir has become the heart of the city's culinary revival, a movement blending innovation and tradition that integrates local foods, pop-up eateries, and urban gardens.

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them

A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.

Nicknamed 'Farout' by the team that discovered it, the celestial object is some 11,160,000,000 miles away.

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If it weren't for an added colorant, it would be grey or white like most of the other fish on display at the store.

The recovery of these beleaguered species proves that conservation action works.

SOURCE is a solar-powered and self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air.

One month is just long enough to break a habit that is seriously compromising your health.

U.S. doctors believes it's a serious public health concern that requires drastic action.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.

But video games are surprisingly OK, making teens feel happier.

The system will also help reduce the spread of disease in rural villages.

Welcome to my personal dairy dilemma and the weird, convoluted thoughts that keep me up at night.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

Thought experiments worked for Einstein. Can they help protect the environment too?

Inspired by a centuries-old text on traditional Chinese medicine, a young researcher has found that seeds from the gingko tree could prove helpful for acne, psoriasis, dermatitis and eczema.

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

Judging from what I am reading all over the political map, I suspect that autonomous cars are the new Juiceroo.

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.

A new study found men think society expects them to conform to stereotypes ... but how right are they?

We often ask the question "Why buy when you can rent?" but we never thought of this.

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch Bioneers 2009 - a weekend-long gathering in San Rafael, California of social and scientific innovators focused on environmental issues - kicked off on Friday with Michael Pollan as a headlining speaker. His talk came in the

The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism's News21 program and Good Magazine have shortlisted the three finalists in a competition to design a better food label. They "asked for designs that were informative, instructive and

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality

Look Ma! No heatsink!

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?