Bees don't want to sting you. They have far more important things to do, like keep our agriculture system afloat.

Bees that ate the immune-boosting chemicals showed activation in genes known to help them fight parasites and break down pesticides.

Markus Imhoof's new documentary balances microphotography with compelling storytelling. The film will debut on June 10.

Researchers hope to create a sperm bank to breed hardier bees and preserve threatened subspecies.

In an effort to promote awareness about declining bee populations, a market removes all the food that relies on bees from its produce department.

Beekeeping experts warn that too many urban hives may mean there isn't enough food for bees.

Chris Burley and Ei Ei Khin have an ambitious goal: Grow 1 million wildflowers to help threatened honeybee populations.

With stingers that are harmless to humans, stingless bees could be the pollinators that save the day.

Donating money to help the bees is as easy as adding a mustache to your cat's (or your friend's) photo.

The Oregon city suspended the use of any insecticide containing neonicotinoids, but not everyone is happy.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Robert Byrd's death will create a void that may directly affect environmental policy.

English fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett smelt his own iron ore to create his knightly sword.

Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell joins Morning Joe to discuss former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and examining his role in the worst mining disaster in 40 yea

Robert Redford shares why he has joined the fight against the coal mine.

Supreme Court decides not to hear the case about a plan to build 'the world's largest garbage dump' near the iconic national park.

New report lists the 10 places most threatened by a 100-year-old mining law. Some say it's time to update the rules.

A scathing report on the April 2010 mine disaster that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia is set to be released.

Did Japan hit the rare earth elements jackpot? Scientists have found undersea mud off the coast that could be packed with elements like yttrium, cerium and pras

Massey Energy kept two sets of safety log books at their Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, where 29 miners died after an explosion last year— one for the fede

Fracking fluid, the liquid waste left over from the controversial mining technique, wreaks havoc on a plot of land in a test by the U.S. Forest Service.

You might remember the former U.S. senator from Idaho as the anti-gay politician who was arrested for lewd conduct in an airport bathroom. He's back in Washingt

Human dreams of mining asteroids won't become a reality without space robots. The billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources has announced plans to do the d

A crowd of farmers, environmentalists and community members gather at a May Day rally in Sydney to call for tougher mining restrictions to protect sensitive lan

Mining the plentiful resources of the moon and near-Earth asteroids could alter the course of human history, adding trillions of dollars to the world economy an

American chemists are searching for new and resourceful ways to extract uranium from deposit-rich oceans in order to reduce the expensive mining process's cost.

A new mine could provide 1,500 jobs, but protestors say the environmental cost is too high.

Deep Space Industries Inc. announced that it plans to harvest metals and water from asteroids within a decade.

The new company, Deep Space Industries, Inc., announced on Jan. 22 that it plans to mine asteroids for metals, water and other resources.

The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.

Researchers stumble upon a method that could replace toxic cyanide with plain old cornstarch.

The Caterpillar 797 is a 50-foot-tall dump truck widely used in the mining industry. Watch what happens when it faces off against a stationary Land Cruiser.

Basketball, mini-golf, a Ferris wheel, an underground lake and a spa are just some of the attractions found in this majestic 13th-century Romanian salt mine.

Sand is becoming a rare commodity. That's because it's the most commonly extracted resource worldwide; more than oil, more than gold. 

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

Take a tour of Box Office, the first commercial office building in the U.S. built from retired shipping containers.

The cloud wastes an awful lot of energy as heat. One company is putting it to good use.

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

It would take an extraordinary force of nature to blow one of these straw-stuffed brick abodes down.

Our houses are way more efficient than they used to be, but we're using more energy per capita than we ever have.

Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, French Parliament approves aggressive new commercial building rules.

More than 7,000 cities in 172 countries are expected to take part in the one-hour event on Saturday.

An international design competition hopes to bring energy-efficient housing and more to Tristan da Cunha.

The era of 900-watt-and-higher vacuum cleaners comes to an end in the European Union due to new efficiency standards.

With California-based OhmConnect, it's easy being green when you're also earning green.

For starters, it's more energy efficient than a standard door that swings.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

In a place where the streets flood with sewage after it rains, salvation may come in the form of a park.

There is lead in water systems all over North America, but don't hit the bottle yet.