Stay out of the doghouse and send a Valentine e-card to your honey. Here's our favorite free sites.

Sure you could bake some cupcakes, frost them pink and call them Valentine’s Day desserts, but you might want to be a little more creative when treating your

Whipping up decadent Valentine's Day desserts don't have to mean tons of refined sugar. Try these healthier, but delicious recipes.

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

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

For all those lost loves, Craigslist to the rescue.

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.

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

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

Singer says she was almost attacked after the animal mistook her phone for a fish.

Nearly 1,100 sickly sea lion pups that should still be with their mothers have stranded in southern California since the beginning of 2013.

The reasons behind why almost 1,300 ill sea lions have beached themselves on California's shores in 2013 remain unclear..

The Smithsonian's new American Trail zoo exhibit features massive state-of-the-art pools that utilize wave machines to mimic natural coastal waters.

Eastern Steller sea lion populations have made a resounding recovery, from 18,000 individuals in the late 1970s to over 70,000 by 2010.

A whale-spotting dog was overwhelmed by a recent swarm of sea lions and humpback whales in California's Monterey Bay.

Defecating sea lions and marine birds wreak economic havoc on the affluent oceanside San Diego community of La Jolla.

Researchers think unusually warm waters might be the reason for stranded and starving pups.

Has Astoria finally found a way to drive away pinnipeds humanely?

More than half the cats in the U.S. are overweight. Here's how to get your feline fit again.

Passengers acted swiftly to save a visually impaired man who had fallen off a platform near an Atlanta public transit rail line.

California's congested freeways could be a boon for large-scale piezoelectric power generation.

Diesel trucks and other municipal vehicles in Portland, Oregon, will soon start filling up at a wastewater treatment plant.

The gridlock-relieving rapid transit project across Lake Washington is a world's first.

As the Florida Keys cleans up and dries out after Hurricane Irma, take a moment to recognize this 113-mile-long feat of American ingenuity.

Tesla unveils the Tesla Semi, an electric semi truck, and surprises everyone with an update to the Roadster at the same live event.

Right-of-way farming now joins solar car charging and pollinator-friendly landscaping along the Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway in Troup County.

This parking scheme could reduce the congestion and emissions associated with drivers endlessly circling, looking for a spot.

Following the repudiation of a proposed English Channel bridge, a less costly 'Celtic Connection' between Scotland and Northern Ireland gains traction.

State Sen. Ann Rivers thinks Bigfoot should be on the Washington state license plates and could even help save state parks.

As a growing number of homeless people take to Los Angeles' subway system, officials consider installing mobile showers and bathrooms at certain stations.

Citroen's new Seetroen glasses promise to ease your motion sickness within 10 minutes.

When Venus interposes itself directly between Earth and the sun for the last time in more than a century, national parks across America will be prepared to obse

On June 5, Venus will cross the face of the sun. If you live in North America, Europe, Asia or eastern Africa, you'll be able to witness this historic celestial

After blowing its first chance to orbit Venus two years ago, Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft is ready for a comeback in 2015, mission scientists say.

The ESA hopes to fly a spacecraft close to Phobos, orbit the lower Venusian atmosphere and draw up a map of Mars' hydrous areas in 2013.

Consider this an Earth-bound travel guide to the solar system, places on Earth that closely resemble landscapes of other planets.

As darkness falls tonight, Aug. 9, be sure to take a look low toward the western part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau.

Although Venus is very bright, it is also very low in the sky, so you'll want to find a low southwestern horizon for the best view.

Venus will pass between Earth and the sun tomorrow, becoming visible in the early morning hours next week.

A big robotic airship could ply the skies of Venus for up to a year, giving scientists an unprecedented look at Earth's hellishly hot "sister planet."

Fevers are a way for the body to fend off illness, and not necessarily a call to automatically head to the medicine cabinet.

One study that looked at kids' sleep and behavior patterns might have missed the bigger picture. Another study looks at academic performance.