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

From packing materia to kitty litter and more. Here's what to do if you can't recycle your shredded paper.

Pine needles can be broken down and transformed into paint.

Plastic bottles and caps should now be kept together when you recycle them. The reason? It's easier to sort them that way.

Projects in India and Myanmar and using flying tech to plant trees under the right conditions.

MIT engineers say this cheap, low-energy process can remove CO2 from the air.

Research out of Venice finds Irish dancing more helpful than physiotherapy for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

A 'living' wrapper called kombucha slime could ease the world's plastic pain.

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 global effort aims to help protect native tree species and reduce the billions in potential damages.

In times of stress and danger, the brain records more detailed memories.

As Norway's Lendbreen ice patch melts, an ancient highway is revealed.

New research finds that parents who suppress their anxiety actually transmit it to their kids.

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

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

Visitors using improper footwear to hike the popular Cinque Terre along the Mediterranean will now face steep financial penalties.

Allbirds sustainable wool shoes are disrupting the footwear market with their low-carbon style.

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

Human noise is changing how some birds sing, while causing chronic stress and reproductive problems in others.

Thanks to an abundance of beech seeds, so far this year 150 orange-fronted parakeet chicks have been born in the wild in New Zealand.

Rescue workers swooped in and saved nearly 100 baby birds when tree in Oakland split and started to topple.

A new study from a team of ornithologists shows how urban living affects the health of American crows.

Research suggests white owls have a key psychological advantage when hunting by moonlight.

The only endemic duck remaining on the Hawaiian islands is back from the brink of genetic extinction.

Video shows a majestic murmuration of starlings flying across a beautiful Irish sky.

Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds.

Influenza activity in the U.S. remained relatively low from October through January — so low, in fact, that the current flu season is considered not to have o

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

While research on the lab-altered H5N1 virus that can be transmitted between mammals in laboratories is put on hold, scientists are debating how to balance bios

For about four months beginning in September 2011, 162 dead or dying harbor seals washed up along the New England coast. Most were pups, under 6 months old, and

New report finds that closing schools during a flu epidemic could halt the spread of the illness and keep people out of the emergency room.

Flu activity around the country is high enough that health officials announced that the season is under way.

After a mild round last year, flu season is off to an early start this year with cases jumping in 5 Southern states, says the Centers for Disease Control and Pr

The new process may provide a revolutionary, all-purpose flu vaccine.

From January 1 to January 14, chicken noodle soup orders increased 35 percent over January 2012.

Artisanal ice cream maker offers frozen cocktail cure that contains bourbon, cayenne, lemon and honey.

Experiments to determine how the H5N1 bird flu virus might gain the ability to spread easily among humans are no longer off limits.

The government released a framework to determine to fund research that could create a version of the bird flu virus that could infect by airborne droplets.

A fungal infection called Valley Fever is on the rise in the Southwest United States.

Track the flu in your area and get tips for staying healthy with this bevy of resources.

An attempt to identify flu outbreaks by tracking people's Google searches about the illness hasn't lived up to its initial promise.

By monitoring the number of times people look for flu information on Wikipedia, researchers may be better able to estimate the severity of a flu season.

This flu season will likely peak in February and could be a mild one, according to a new predictive model.

If a virus or cold and flu just went through your house, you'll want to read these tips for cleaning every room in your home the all-natural way.

From garlic to hand washing, here's what you need to do to stay healthy this year during cold and flu season.

Watch as a WWE observer releases beautiful olive ridley sea turtle from entrapment.

An adorable rescued pinniped is released back into the wild after making a speedy recovery at Taronga Wildlife Hospital.

A few towns are doing just fine, thanks to a blank check written in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.