A new kind of food label hopes to fight obesity by stating how much exercise is required to burn it off.

A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!

To view the planet without being hindered by dense white clouds, just check out Google's latest high resolution images of Earth.

The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

Clean drinking water is one of our basic human needs, but in many parts of the world, it's also hard to come by. Here's another look at some of the latest concepts for providing clean drinking water.

National almond, walnut and pistachio crops are very thirsty, and predominantly grown in drought-stricken California; if you’re looking for alternatives, consider these.

This ambitious goal is all the more remarkable because NIPSCO is currently 65% coal dependent.

Times they are a changin'

Burning fossil fuels puts out a lot more than just CO2.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

Sugar maples rely on consistent snow cover to thrive, and climate change is threatening that.

Yet another example of the uncanny intelligence of our 8-armed overlords.

New quarters are coming and they star FRUIT BATS!

The Swedish activist is 'delighted' that the new-to-science species will bear her name.

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.

This is beyond climate denial, it's science denial

Forget light bulbs and cloth bags. The actions that will mitigate climate change most effectively are the ones nobody's talking about.

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.

Explaining climate science to kids is challenging, which is why clever animated videos can help.

The U.N. just came up with some climate change solutions, and none of them are "expect techy solutions to pull us out."

The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

Updated curriculum will help them to navigate the emotions associated with the climate crisis.

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

New discovery points to troubling signs for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the collapse of which would prove catastrophic.

Lessons from Amundsen: travel fast and light with a small footprint.

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Wind on the snow dunes of the Ross Ice Shelf causes a near-constant hum that is as beautiful as it is haunting.

It turns out you can still be a high-performing athlete on a plant-based diet.

Or, how to get glowing skin with just a few simple ingredients.

The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.

Thanks to COVID-19 we are generating a lot more of it, and nobody wants to touch it. Time to try and go zero waste.

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.

Templar Marine introduces a Torqeedo powered dayboat that is a thing of beauty.

TreeHugger and Elephant Journal have teamed up to share 31 creative tips for skipping plastic, one for each day of July.

Starting in 2020, the company will redesign packaging to be more environmentally-friendly.

Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.

Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were