If you're looking for a boost in happiness, having more sex may not be your best bet.

Cancer-causing human papilloma virus, or HPV, can be spread through kissing and oral sex.

A brightly-colored fungus found only on Hawaiian lava flows might be the most powerful aphrodisiac ever discovered.

Video shows a motorcyclist in Belgium stopping to rescue a kitten from the road.

Drone video shows the beautiful fall foliage on display in Vermont.

A giant whale swam beneath a group of California surfers and it was captured on drone video.

A giant spoon worm was caught on video as it burrows beneath the sea.

Video: MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan talks with T. Boone Pickens, CEO of BP Capital Management, and Erich Pica of the group Friends of the Earth to discuss whether Pres

Planet 100 investigates the 5 worst oil spills on record and how the Gulf oil spill compares.

BP’s oil spill could hamper the domestic oil industry -- but that doesn’t mean we’ll use less oil.

Nature photographer Florian Schulz says the oil spill in the Gulf must serve as a warning as the U.S. seeks oil in the Arctic.

Something seems fishy ... when asked about poor response to the disaster, the head of the Louisiana Coast Guard said: 'I'm just slow and dumb.'

Video: The celebrity talks about his experience in the industry and how to move forward.

BP is coming under criticism for buying 'gulf oil spill' search advertising on Google. Will the company's attempt to redirect online traffic backfire?

Oilman-turned-solar entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett says there's only one shot to plug the well, and getting it wrong comes with a heavy price.

Billed as the first charity 'F-bomb-athon' this is of the most satisfying rants about the BP oil spill yet. Do not listen in the presence of small children.

The answer, it turns out, is simple: BP didn't want workers to be disturbed by "false alarms."

Don't miss your chance to make a difference during the Weekend Without Oil.

Several environmental organizations join forces to launch a new campaign urging the federal government to adopt a fuel efficiency goal of 60mpg by 2025.

A federal official and a police officer told a local Florida news reporter that digging in the sand wasn't allowed without a permit.

A mere change of governments will not make Arab countries’ economic problems go away. Indeed, the converging effects of population growth, climate change, and

Brian Schweitzer makes headlines for discussing how we use our military to protect our energy interests abroad.

No, a state senator cannot single-handedly take down Big Oil. That only happens in Frank Capra movies. In real life, the petroleum giants always get their way.

There's a lot to sort out in Libya's post-Gadhafi era, but there should be good news for the American consumer.

A new proposal would expand offshore drilling in U.S. waters, but it's drawing fire from supporters as well as critics of the oil and gas industry.

Thanks to our oil addiction, such a world would include rolling blackouts, minimal transportation, dwindling food supplies and possibly war.

A '100% self-supporting housing solution for the post-oil world,' the Oil Silo Home concept makes use of the thousands of oil storage units that will inevitably

By 2030, America could surpass Saudi Arabia in terms of crude output. That's great for energy independence, but it's not all good news.

From Texas and Colorado through the Midwest, South and East Coast, tornadoes are tearing through the U.S.

Officials will offer money to owners of environmentally sensitive farmland if they idle it in a conservation program instead of growing crops.

The USDA is expected to announce that schools will be able to request beef patties with or without the controversial filler.

Exotic beetles are killing America's ash trees, a popular source of wood for baseball bats. And as these verdant invaders spread into the Northeast, their grow

The MyPlate icon is starting to pop on food packaging. What are the USDA’s rules for companies that want to use it, and does its appearance on a package imply

America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to satisfy USDA recommendations for all citizens. This infograhic makes the argument easy to understand.

The agency bows to pressure from the livestock industry to backtrack on urging people to reduce their consumption of meat.

The USDA wants to set nutritional standards for snacks sold in vending machines, "a la carte" lunch lines and school stores.

An infographic makes the argument for the USDA to get involved with setting national standards for the snacks allowed to be sold in schools.

A pilot project in Ithaca, N.Y. will rent space in a community freezer for people to store bulk meat purchases.

What good can an additional serving of fruit or vegetables a day do?

Food and Water Watch parodies “Portlandia’s” awesome chicken sketch to make a point about factory farming inspections and urges consumers to take action.

A new report has some sobering statistics about how much food is wasted on the retail and consumer ends of the food chain.

In its Week in Review video, a USDA rep says it’s OK to eat that dry pasta several months past its sell-by date.

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.

SNAP recipients in certain states will be able to buy groceries from designated retailers during the 2-year pilot.

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 1

It may take less of an increase in global temperatures to melt the ice sheet covering Greenland than thought, new research suggests.

As the old ice of Earth melts, photographers have captured its decline. Here are eight stunning before-and-after images detailing ice melts across our planet.

On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new researc

Scientists say the consequences of sea-level rise could be 'horrible.'

The world's best beach resorts may disappear despite efforts to protect them against sea level rise