Part of the issue is succulent habitat destruction, but the bigger problem is poaching by highly organized global smuggling rings.

In anticipation of Obama's visit to Canada, environmentalists circulate petition to stop 'dirty oil.'

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

Contaminated sites being used to house wind farms, solar arrays and geothermal power plants.

North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina may have something to gain when it comes to offshore drilling, but the events of 2010 remind us that they also have

TerraCycle's 'Make Garbage Great' says yes, with 100-plus recycling tips and DIY projects.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... if it's in New Orleans, it's just a Black Hawk helicopter airdropping old Christmas trees.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

Author Adam Minter explains the growing pressures on recycling that ultimately go back to the consumer.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Blake McFarland says he just wants to make cool things.

The ReTuna mall in Eskilstuna provides a shining example of how the buy-use-dispose model can be turned on its head.

In drought areas, treated wastewater is added back to the potable water stream. It's safe, and one study says it even tastes better.

Innovators like Sea2See and Adidas are taking marine trash and turning it into treasure.

Pine needles can be broken down and transformed into paint.

A study from UC Berkeley reveals that information stimulates our dopamine-producing reward system — just like food and money.

We may be able to hack our brains to solve problems while we sleep.

New research suggests life on Earth sprang from geothermal vents in the deep ocean.

A new study suggests a serious expression could go a long way toward getting some serious work done.

A new study suggests confusion can be a powerful learning tool, but only under the right circumstances.

Researchers found the brains of people who spent months in the Antarctic got smaller. What they learned applies to all of us.

What ever happened to that Internet of Things? We outsourced it.

The wreck, dating back 2,000 years, is estimated to contain some 6,000 amphorae.

DNA found in chewed birch pitch helps scientists recreate image, but it's also unraveling other Stone Age secrets.

Xenobots are hybrids of living frog cells and machinery — a unique hybrid of organic and inorganic parts that can power themselves.

A small number of people can contract an ear muscle called the tensor tympani to block out sound.

Hard-working people like Thomas Edison make better role models, according to research that compared Albert Einstein to Edison.

Ice Age humans likely lived in these strange circles made from mammoth bones.

The hard material known as cementum in our mouths may record our lives' most intimate details.

A study finds that a tomato's cancer-fighting properties are reduced when consumed with iron-rich food.

Deforestation is occurring so fast in the Brazilian Amazon that three football fields worth of tree cover are lost every minute.

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Wick Moorman on our history

How about an out-of-this-world accessory for your Valentine?

A new study turns the tables on the old "dumb blonde" stereotype.

Ditch those store-bought products with microbeads and make your own with natural exfoliants like poppy seeds, grits and salt.

A good diet alone may not be enough to get glowing skin, but you can make your own beauty elixirs and tonics to feed your skin from the inside out.

The ability of royal jelly to help heal wounds is yet another great reason to love (and save) the bees.

From the fastest to the heaviest, there are some impressive flying creatures in the animal kingdom, including birds, fish and snakes.

Gouldian finches can have red, black or yellow heads and researchers want to know why.

Ever since Michael Cardenaz saved a hummingbird, the little bird keeps coming back to visit him.

Purple martins love tall, condo-style houses that can host a crowd.

Amateur photographer Steve Biro takes a riveting photo of a bald eagle and his mirror image.

The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker is showing up in some interesting places in the South as it makes a comeback.

The 2019 Audubon Photography Awards highlight striking images of birds and the places they live.

See the winners of 2019's Bird Photographer of the Year, a global photographic competition featuring 63 countries and countless beautiful birds.

Some male birds keep their mates interested using fancy displays of affection.

Grab your binoculars and help scientists study bird populations in the 2019 edition of the world's longest running citizen-science survey.

A massive bald eagle is filmed in slow motion taking off from a street in Melrose, near Boston.

When we come down with the flu, we might think the worst is over after a week of a sore throat and body aches. But such viral infections may have lasting, unsee