Why stay home and cook for your sweetheart, your family, or your friends on Valentine’s Day? Let me show you.

Finally, here's something cute you can make with those wine corks you've been hoarding.

Not in the mood for fair trade chocolates and underpants? Consider these home design picks to please any sustainability minded sweetie this Valentine's Day.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve rounded up romantic hot spots across North American national parks.

We've rounded up some of our favorite flicks with real animal attraction.

Need to make valentines for the whole class? Here are 10 great ideas for gifts that kids can make for all of their classmates.

A pancake heart valentine for the special people in your life.

This new service brings back the art of letter writing by marrying it to the Internet.

This rich, gluten- and dairy-free tart is sure to please both the vegans and the meat eaters in your life.

How to help kids deal with unrequited love, a scarcity of cards, and broken hearts on Valentine's Day.

Instead of coloring Valentine’s treats with artificial red dye, try one of these natural red dye alternatives for cupcakes, cookies and more.

Using carbon nanotubules, college students have created the world's smallest Cupid, to eventually be used in nanofilters.

From appetizer to dessert, a menu for Valentine’s Day dinner so you can enjoy time in the kitchen with your sweetheart.

Need a Valentine's Day craft in a hurry? Here are 5 fast and fabulous ideas.

This image from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory may look like a space flower, but it's actually a planetary nebula.

On the hunt for the perfect Valentine's Day gift? Consider these handmade and eco-friendly home accessories that not-so-subtly say 'amore.'

For all those lost loves, Craigslist to the rescue.

From rare orchids to a flower that lives for just a few hours, these blooms are the pick of the crop.

Love can be confusing and heart-wrenching — but it can also be funny!

Find your animal soul mate and download its mating call from the Center for Biological Diversity's Love Calls of the Wild ringtone collection.

It may invoke images of hearts and flowers, but the origins of Valentine's Day are more gruesome than you might think.

A fun, not-so-serious, but still-helpful chart that helps you select a vino based on what you're doing, not what you're eating.

A full moon is rising for lovers on Valentine's Day, and it will be a Snow Moon.

Because there's no shame in being single on Valentine's Day.

Given all the stress, how many people actually like Valentine's Day?

Spending hours in front of the computer can get lonely, but not for one Japanese illustrator who keeps an owl quite literally at hand.

Before you finish your Valentine's dinner with a decadent dessert, start it with this healthy salad full of red fruits and veggies.

Do electrical circuits and chemical elements make your heart sing? Check out these fun Valentine's Day designs.

These dreamy landscape photographs will have nature lovers everywhere pining, "Mother Earth, won't you be my Valentine?"

These adorable pictures are sure to warm even the coldest heart.

Best Friends Animal Society shares 14 reasons why 'the one' for you might have four legs.

Check out this useful infographic that has tips on pairing cheese with red, white or pink wine, plus explanations on why the pairings work.

Professional cuddling businesses are popping up across the country, and the world's first cuddling convention will take place this Valentine's Day.

Inspired by Amy Poehler’s character on “Parks and Recreation,” Feb. 13 is all about celebrating female friendships.

Wine educator Jennifer Malme shares some basic guidelines for pairing chocolate with wine.

Forget dinner and chocolates. Do something for your sweetie that's fun and doesn't cost a thing.

Your canine companion shows affection in many ways. You just have to know what to look for. Here's how your dog says I love you.

American Norwood Thomas traveled to Australia to see his lost love Joyce Morris for the first time since 1945.

Humans like to think of themselves as monogamous, but when it comes to true fidelity, many animals engage in true monogamy.

These heart-shaped islands are top-notch destinations for romantic vacations, honeymoons, weddings and marriage proposals.

Check out these sweet gifts for the love of your life, be it of the four-legged or two-legged variety.

The Bronx Zoo will let you name one of its Madagascar hissing cockroaches after anyone you like — or don't like.

Marine Mammal Program trains and employs sea lions and other animals for military duty.

The (in)famous sea lions of San Francisco's Pier 39 are gone and no one is really sure where they went.

California group gets riled when officials bury a dead sea lion near their volleyball court.

After weeks of absence, sea lions are starting to climb back onto the docks at San Francisco's Pier 39 and SF Weekly thinks they know why they left in the first

Why are California sea lions getting sick with cancer? Researchers suspect viruses, PCBs in the water and genetics.

Biologists use weapons to harass Oregon sea lions into leaving an area populated by endangered salmon and other fish.

An energetic little kelpie named "Westie" was rescued after it chased a sea lion four kilometers out to sea from a South Australia beach.

Killer whales and other ocean predators are targeting and killing the pups of a threatened northern sea lion species at an increasingly high rate, scientists wa