Spending time in nature has proven health benefits, and creating a sit-spot habit will help you reap those positive rewards.

New Mexico's coyote-killing contest ban does not outlaw the killing of coyotes by hunters or ranchers who are protecting their livestock.

The Irish countryside is a patchwork quilt of green, as this photo of Roughgrange, a farm located next to the prehistoric Newgrange monument shows.

The mouse deer. Or the pig deer. Or the little goat. Whatever you call the chevrotain, this is a truly distinct looking (and tiny!) ungulate.

The rise and fall of Rev. Billy James Hargis, along with the popularity of Glenn Beck, makes our media columnist long for the days of the Fairness Doctrine.

Is God mad at us for recycling or behaving badly? Some of the right wing's sharpest minds think so.

Greenland's ice sheet is on the move, with new images showing its glaciers moving 30 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Greenland and Antarctica are ho

A set of 80-year-old photographs discovered in a basement archive reveals the remarkable sensitivity of Greenland's glaciers to climate change, according to a n

While the Greenland Ice Sheet has been known to be gradually melting over the years, new evidence shows that certain areas are thinning faster than others.

The glaciers of the Andes Mountains have retreated at an unprecedented rate in the past three decades.

NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.

Bigger surface melts in recent years are softening the interior of the ice like a stick of butter.

Typically thought of as a tropical climate pattern, the influence of La Niña spreads as far as Antarctica.

New research proves that the Peruvian glacier is shrinking due to climate change.

The last bulwark to fall in Greenland's battle against rising temperatures is the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth.

About half of the surface warming that's helping shrink Greenland's glaciers is due to temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

The vast ice sheet covering Greenland could melt more quickly in the future than existing models predict.

Greenland is famous for its massive glaciers, but the region was relatively free of ice until about 2.7 million years ago.

The discovery of two large lakes hidden beneath Greenland's ice suggests that climate change now cuts all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet.

Thru-hiking is a way of life for substitute teacher and former marathoner Erin Saver.

If you visit Churchill, Manitoba, you won't be bouncing around like you're on the moon, but its lower gravity is a scientific oddity.

This South American region has plenty of natural thrills to offer for the intrepid traveler.

Glacial gifts such as erratics, moraines, kettle lakes, cirques, tarns and eskers from the ice age are all around if you know where to look.

Massive UV-resistant blankets are designed to slow down the melt.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.

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

Convenient tollway and business drop-off points, plus health insurance stipends, attract a new group of local veggie eaters.

Photos of the fun from Slow Food South Jersey's Dig In! event.

Solar Foods is set to unveil a fully sustainable, carbon-neutral food that can be produced anywhere.

Mirror neurons help us imitate each other's expressions and the feelings that go with them.

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.

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It's political. The mantra is that electric cars shouldn't be government-subsidized, but some of the same critics of these programs have no problem with billion

BMW is fielding an all-new 3-Series, and with it an ActiveHybrid 3 that offers both zero to 60 in 5.6 seconds and about 37 mpg. Up a notch, there's the ActiveHy

Few hybrids or electric vehicles brought celebs to this year's Academy Awards.

Toyota partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi LA for its fun Prius c marketing campaign.

The Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari F70 offer split personalities: voracious performance on tap, but eco-driving if you tread lightly. Is it a new era of Dr. Gre

The Detroit automaker gets a touch of campaign fever with new marketing aimed to take down the competition.

There are tricks to properly cleaning a cast iron skillet without ruining its seasoning. This infographic offers several.

Quilts can keep you warm in more ways than one, says Bonnie Browning of the American Quilter's Society. Here's how to store and clean them properly.

A musician shows us how to make a symphony from a dandelion.

You can hang, press and even microwave a variety of flowers and keep them for years.

Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Fish is an important part of a healthy diet, but the levels of mercury found in some fish could be danger to your health.

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Brighter Living with Jill Cordes: Thriftiness is a green practice.

As part of its mission to analyze Bennu, OSIRIS-REx has set a new record for closest orbit of a planetary body by a spacecraft.

See sculptors from around the world turn piles of sand into beautiful (but temporary) art at the World Championship of Sand Sculpting.

Designer Benjamin Jones wants to erect the Sustainable TreeHouse, an eco-friendly 'interactive playground' on New York City's Governors Island. But he needs you