If you have an outdoor view, you're getting the benefit of Mother Nature.

From fewer migraines to more self-esteem, there are so many mental and physical benefits to growing old.

What is Lyme disease? Here's where you are more likely to get it and the symptoms to look for if you're concerned.

If you're sleeping in on the weekends, you might be setting yourself up for a host of chronic health issues.

From your blood pressure to your vision, here's how barometric pressure might affect you.

If you suffer from specific conditions, you might want to look at changing the position you fall asleep in.

Hearing aids and cataract surgery can slow mental decline, say new studies.

Taking fish antibiotics instead of human drugs is a creative solution when money is tight, but it could lead to dangerous consequences.

Experts believe that between one-third and one-half of cancers are preventable. Here's what you can do.

From paper straws to bison burgers, Ted's Montana Grill proves red meat can be green.

James Madison University is opening a new, green dining hall, just in time for the fall semester.

Websites point restaurant goers to local eateries that support sustainable seafood.

Cathy Erway’s personal tale of not eating out in New York City is inspiring and optimistic.

7 compostable dinnerware options so you can entertain responsibly.

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch iPhone app has added Project FishMap. Now you can add green restaurants to a shared map to earn badges.

One company’s answer to the waste of plastic tasting spoons is simple but effective.

This shrine to Italian food must be experienced, but try to get there early. (And if they have the spinach ravioli in a lemon butter sauce, be sure to order it.

The table might be going away, but the family dinner can’t be disappear with it.

Eating guinea pig is now a growing trend in the U.S., and activists say it's better for the environment than beef.

WikiPearl is an edible shell that wraps around food and complements the flavor. It’s meant to take the place of throwaway packaging, but it poses a challenge.

We treat it like it's as 'routine as poutine,' but 'misteaks' will come back and bite us in the rump roast.

A recent study by the World Watch Institute reports explosive sales growth in compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. This is great news for the climate with a p

Are you poisoning your family with fish? That is the essence of the question that one San Franciscan man recently took it upon himself to answer.

There's no way around it: highly efficient, long-lasting compact florescent lamps are a green godsend but with one small (well, not so small) hitch … each bul

Researchers use nanofibers to create lights that are more energy-efficient than the common incandescent light bulb, more eco-friendly than a CFL — and they gi

While "Million Dollar Baby" earned critical acclaim and a Best Actress Oscar for Hilary Swank, it also took a toll on her health.

Mercury pollution and climate change are both unintended consequences of burning fossil fuels for centuries.

Scientists are still trying to determine what happened to the levels of mercury in Utah's Great Salt Lake, which have dipped by almost 90 percent.

Shocking lab results have convinced me to buy my tea elsewhere.

In a landmark decision, Europe restricts a popular pesticide linked to declining honeybee populations.

A bee memorial service is being held this Sunday to remember the 50,000 pollinators killed by pesticides at an Oregon Target store.

The chemicals, which come from valley farms as well as illegal marijuana gardens, are a contributing factor towards sharp declines in frog populations.

Europe's moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides is being challenged by Bayer CropScience. Bee advocates, however, are fighting back.

In honor of Cesar Chavez Day, here are 10 interesting facts about the civil rights activist.

The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, are "highly likely" to be triggering bee deaths, say researchers.

A buzzworthy new discovery might help explain the alarming speed of colony collapse disorder.

It's widely planted to slow the butterflies' decline, but a recent study suggests monarchs' misfortune goes well beyond milkweed loss.

By 2050, New Zealand hopes to be rid of rats, possums, stoats and other invasive predators.

The European Union has banned bee-harming neonicotinoids. The policy is expected to come into full force by the end of 2018.

Rescinding a 2014 ban, the planting of genetically-modified crops and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides are allowed in U.S. national wildlife refuges again.

How a new YouTube video is getting us to think that when it comes to the future of water, it seems the glass is half empty.

A little over a year ago, in a very different world, three economic titans issued "The Carbon Principles," a list of investment guidelines for electric power pr

Here's a quick look by the numbers at where we're in trouble on key environmental issues. I've borrowed a bit from the style of the Harper's Index, and a bit fr

Every once in a while, humanity manages to do something so sublimely awful that all we can do is laugh. Next month, we’ll mark the 40th anniversary of one of

The Swirl Faucet also saves water, so long as you aren't completely beguiled by its beauty.

Despite the 'D' word, a new survey finds that Americans are still smitten with lush residential landscapes.

Yes, says a new campaign that champions backyard pools as a drought-friendlier landscaping alternative.

In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

More than half of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted, according to satellite system data.

The bottled water people have run them out of town, but it's a historic public service.