There's a poaching ring focused on some succulents in the genus Dudleya, which can fetch millions on the black market in East Asia.

Before you check the medicine cabinet, you might want to look in your backyard for a healing plant.

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

A soil scientist shares fun facts you never knew about soils, like how billions of organisms live in them and how many thousands of types there are.

Ecological landscape designer Jessi Bloom offers guidance in designing a yard that is healing for spirit and nature and creating sacred, meditative space.

New findings show manure burns cleaner than traditional fuels, more intense hurricanes are predicted, a housing trend could cut carbon emissions and more.

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

Video: A study conducted by Consumer Reports found BPA in almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested -- from juice to chicken soup and tuna fish -- raising co

Each year, as many as 20 million people get sick from drinking contaminated water in the U.S.

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

Residents of a trailer park in Wyoming are fine with drinking bottled water, but the EPA says the park's owner should be doing more testing.

The winds and waves of Hurricane Sandy spilled enough sewage to match BP's oil spill more than 50 times over.

Scientists will release harmless gases in the New York City subway to determine noxious gas threat

Before you haul away that busted appliance, here are some creative ways to re-purpose it.

Millions of bottle deposits go unclaimed in the exceptionally tidy Danish capital each year.

See how much plastic you can keep out of landfills if you start recycling in the bathroom today!

Hey nosey garbage man, you got a warrant?

Mealworms are able to safely subsist on a diet of polystyrene, researchers have found.

Meanwhile in England, shopping basket theft is on the rise.

In some cities, glass recyclables aren't being recycled at all.

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

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

Companies are salvaging ugly fruits and vegetables and making artisanal foods from what would traditionally have been tossed.

Thousands of dollars and many hours go into floral arrangements. Why not repurpose them for nursing homes and hospitals?

Popular online shopping holiday produces billions of dollars in sales — and billions of boxes in the trash.

When you make room for the new, make sure you're responsible about disposing the old.

Robert Hulseman, the man who created the iconic cup, has died, but his impact lives on.

Dumpster diving may seem like a victimless crime, but it can land you in real trouble.

Kitchen 'waste' liquids like pickle juice and potato water can be reused to enhance culinary creations and a whole lot more.

Single-stream recycling may be convenient, but it has a few pitfalls. And what consumers don't know can hurt the recycling process.

China will turn away 24 types of recyclable material imported from the U.S. and other countries due to concerns over contamination.

You may want to think twice before throwing your yogurt cup in the recycling bin.

Though composting is great for your garden, there are some man-made and natural items that can ruin the whole pile.

Several months into China's ban on most waste imports, a new study paints a sobering yet optimistic view of how we need to handle our plastic.

A river pollution clean-up project yields spectacular results in Rotterdam.

The deposit-based Norwegian approach to plastic bottle recycling is an attractive, effective one.

Incineration has become America's stopgap solution following China's crackdown on imported foreign waste, and it's hurting low-income communities.

Several bee species have begun using manmade plastic waste to build their nests, according to several studies.

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

There's an 'urgent need' for rules governing the use of lab-grown brains.

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.

By turning coffee waste into auto parts, this collaboration builds on the two companies' commitments to environmental stewardship.

Several studies suggests some people may be sleeping their way to an early death

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.

Researchers have developed dancer-recognition software that's astoundingly accurate.

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

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

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