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

A tarantula's toxic brew could serve as an insecticide against agricultural pests that consume the venom orally.

Spiders are great for pest control, except when they overtake your home. Here are some nontoxic solutions for dealing with them at your house.

You don't need pesticides to get rid of these annoying insects.

Try these simple tips and bid goodbye to houseflies, those uninvited pests buzzing around your home.

Michigan-based startup Vestaron harnesses Australian spider venom to safely control unwanted agricultural pests without harming bees.

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.

A lot of people thought white and yellow dandelions were different plants.

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.

Green States MNN columnist Peter Dykstra asks whether environmental lobbying will be changed along with other government lobbying through Obama ethics reform.

A few years ago, when Janet Jackson “oopsed” her way into Super Bowl and Federal Communications Commission history, 140 million viewers of the biggest game

Nature has a great way of giving clues to the clueless. When spring arrives a little earlier, and fall stays a bit later, it’s not necessarily a good thing.

The potent allure or either money or ideology, or both, leads a lot of people to devote their lives to either impeding environmental progress, or enabling envir

It's what you've been waiting for. Peter Dykstra lists his picks for America’s nine greatest environmental heroes.

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

Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.

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.

These gardens epitomize a balance between beauty and conservation, promoting smart water practices and boosting honeybee populations in the area.

These recipes help you conserve water (and cleanup is a breeze.)

Sure, it's backed by Apple's Tim Cook. But would you spend $300 on a shower apparatus?

Bel Air: Champagne wishes and $90,000 water bill dreams.

A threatened species is on the brink of disappearing as pot farms on public land dish out poisoned baits for wildlife.

A carnivorous plant, desert beetle and cactus are behind a revolutionary new material that can collect water out of thin air.

State legislators in Colorado are working to make it legal for residents to harvest rainwater for irrigation.

The now-permanent rules are just common sense, really.

Santa Monica's iconic amusement pier is the site of this year's Land Art Generator Initiative. The Pipe is an offshore desalination concept that's making waves.

Freshwater supplies are dwindling as populations grow, but these companies are helping us use water more wisely.

Matthew Mazzotta's installation marries rainwater harvesting with the deeply pacifying sound of raindrops bouncing off a tin roof.

Pink lakes are often salty and always cool, and they can be found in many spots around the world.

It all depends on the upcoming rainy season and residents maintaining water conservation restrictions.

'If you see me, weep,' reads one of these so-called 'hunger stones.'

Scientists report that it could take 100 years for the world's groundwater supplies to respond to climate change, potentially leaving populations without water.

I know I’m not the only one who finds comfort in writing things down.

The search giant has trained neural networks to interpret photos, but they can also be coaxed to create monsters.

It's yet one more benefit of living in the Google years.

Some professors are doing it, but perhaps they should look in the mirror.

Theses six apps can help you add hours back to your day.

Yes, you can get the digital chaos under control. Here's how.

After years of debilitating pain, I thought the situation was hopeless, but it wasn't.

With WiFi and Bluetooth, Raspberry Pi 3 a lot more than the educational tool it was designed to be.

You want to feel safe? Be a nobody with nothing anyone is interested in.

A Microsoft experiment goes awry in short order as Tay runs straight into Godwin's Law.

The analog DNA circuit can perform addition, subtraction and multiplication.

The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient tool for finding primes, but it might get a boost by modern computing.

The breakthrough will allow for stunning time lapses that reveal the behavior of electrons.

The omnipresence of algorithms raises interesting questions about day-to-day human experience.

Computers can't solve this chess problem. Can you?