Climate change may be stripping nutrients from the most basic of foods, and that's making its way up the chain to us.

A 2017 study published in Environmental Research Letters offers a number of ways to reduce your carbon emissions, and having fewer kids topped the list.

Study reveals that open-water swims have a dramatic effect on young cubs, which are forced to follow their mothers in search of food and solid ground.

Four years in the making, the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production is a groundbreaking look at the Earth's polar regions.

Thanks to the combined technology of satellites and weather stations scattered around the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers can now keep tabs on the region's shi

A new study explores the implications of a Greenland that's actually green.

It's unlikely that coffee or tea is growing in your garden, so after you finish that cup, put the grounds to work with these clever ideas.

Don't throw out old pantyhose! You can recycle them in many different ways.

Of the 271 general purpose laundry detergents the Environmental Working Group evaluated, only 7 scored a rating of A.

Bulldog rides zipline to Costa Rican treehouse home

These nutritional powerhouse vegetables can flourish in your yard or in containers.

Business as usual is destroying our lives and the environment.

iFixit.org is dedicated to providing free repair manuals to every gadget on Earth.

Guy Laramee's work speaks to the 'erosion of cultures' and our over-reliance on analytical knowledge, symbolized by the book.

Working with the nonprofit Solar Aid, students earn enough to bring electric light to a school in Kenya

CANLOVE, a collective of graffiti artists, is on a mission to collect and upcycle as many spray cans as possible into art.

The wooded area around the UK town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire has fallen pray to some amazing guerrilla art.

Apparently touring other people's chicken coops is what all the cool kids are doing these days.

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

If the mere thought of sharks sends chills down your spine, consider the damage that a swarm of ants could inflict. And even cows have been known to be deadly.

Over 60,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army will help increase the total acreage of forested land in China from 21 to 23 percent.

The Environmental Defense Fund is developing a satellite that will regularly monitor 50 major oil and gas regions for methane leaks.

Smart rooks collect litter at Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in Western France, in exchange for food.

Part of the Keystone oil pipeline was shut down after a 5,000-barrel leak in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator TransCanada said.

The whole point of getting out into the natural world is to see, smell and hear the sounds of nature.

Web gadget lets you see if your utility purchases illegal coal from Appalachian mountaintop removal.

Federal law requires mining companies to restore strip mines to their original condition, but many don't bother.

While activists against mountaintop removal grow, miners of the region defend their practices as a way of life.

Finally! The EPA declares that 79 mountaintop coal mining permits may violate the Clean Water Act.

Today the EPA moves to veto the largest mountain top removal proposal, Spruce No. 1. Environmentalists have been pushing this for 3 years. Today we celebrate th

Actress keynotes luncheon to denounce the harmful practice of mountaintop removal coal mining -- and its effects on the people of her native Kentucky.

A state legislator has an interesting and potentially viable way to avoid dealing with the EPA.

Even if you're not tapped into the daily vibe of environmental news and issues, you've not doubt probably heard of or seen the devastation caused by mountaintop

Mountaintop removal mining has destroyed hundreds of mountain peaks and at least 1,200 miles of streams in the Appalachians, and remains a hotly contested issue

The Washington, D.C., river epitomizes the ecological dangers that plague many U.S waterways, according to a national environmental group.

In new video, kids ask President Obama to end mountaintop removal mining.

The wildfire in the Florida Everglades has spread to 32,000 acres, and officials are using all the resources they can to contain it.

After studying under Ansel Adams, Rob Decker is creating posters of all the national parks with a nod to the WPA posters of the 1930s and '40s.

A young parkgoer returned a rock she took from Smoky Mountains National Park along with a drawing and a nice letter.

Sprint customers can get instant credit on their phone bills by recycling old phones at local stores.

Chanie Kirschner remembers a time long ago when no one had cell phones.

Customers will be able to learn more about the environmental impact of their mobile devices.

Resist the urge to throw away your old gadgets. Here's how to recycle, donate and sell.

Build a greenhouse. If you think a greenhouse is out of reach, think again: you can construct a simple structure, at an affordable price, in a weekend’s time.

It's unclear whether some animals really smile to convey joy, but these critters sure look happy.

Michael Pollan explains how public health problems in the past made food so cheap it started costing people their health.

Michael Pollan explains in a nutshell how the system went from working well to its current state.

At Goucher College, Pollan advises students to be thoughtful with their food choices.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

A diet of mixed greens is good for the body, and a diet of mixed green Twitter users is good for the mind.