What good is it if all of the historical cities and natural beauty in China are covered by haze?

This high tech billboard can do the work of 1,200 trees, scrubbing the air of pollutants.

Chilean soccer fans are urged do the unthinkable and kindly step away from their grills due to worsening air quality levels in Santiago.

A new initiative in India will employ up to 300,000 youths in an effort to improve air quality and provide opportunities to the unemployed.

By adding tiny nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, our clothes could become air purifiers — or so they say.

Dozens of cities throughout the country have either banned or limited fireworks displays due to the threat of heavy pollution.

The WELL standard picks up where LEED and other standards fear to tread.

The soot that covers statues and buildings makes even more smog, eventually hitting our lungs.

A new study says commuting to work by car may be far more harmful to your health than previously believed.

China's most polluted cities have made strides in reducing air pollution, but there's still work to be done.

Preference for "cleaner" male trees and plants in urban settings may trigger extra sneezing and wheezing. That's botanical sexism, says Thomas Ogren.

Some cities outside the U.S. are banning school drop-offs by car. They say it saves time — and lives.

This NASA image highlights wildfires, hurricanes and dust storms to show off the Earth's air quality.

Five of the best 7 months for Beijing air quality have occurred since last summer.

Death by acid was the fate of the sea monsters that perished in Earth's biggest mass extinction, some 251 million years ago.

Scientists have found structures that resemble an emu's red blood cells, and others that look like collagen, inside 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones.

Biologists map Earth's mammal diversity in a parallel universe without human civilization.

It's no Jurassic Park, but a flea stuck in amber for 20 million years may still shed light on the Black Death.

Single roots can have thousand-dollar price tags, attracting poachers into protected lands, so what makes ginseng so valuable?

Just like 'Jurassic Park,' except with flowers instead of dinosaurs.

Researchers have launched a mission to find the Javan fishing cat, the rarest cat in the world.

Seven species of Hawaiian pollinators are the first bees added to the U.S. endangered species list — but they're unlikely to be the last.

The discovery offers new insights about dinosaur plumage, hinting at a 'chestnut brown' creature that couldn't fly.

The Jambato harlequin frog had been feared extinct for at least the last 30 years.

At least five similar die-offs have happened before, but this is the first in human history — and the first with human help.

Even core areas of pika habitat 'are vulnerable to climate change within a timeframe of decades,' researchers say.

Vaderlimulus tricki is the first horseshoe crab found in Idaho rocks of the Triassic Period, and it has an uncanny resemblance to Darth Vader.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern cougar extinct after it not being seen for over 80 years.

This is the first photograph ever taken of the bizarre and mysterious species, Thismia neptunis.

Can lost species ever become un-extinct? Many scientists believe it's only a matter of time before many extinct animals again walk the Earth through cloning.

BirdLife International has confirmed the extinction of eight bird species, including the Spix' macaw in Brazil.

Researchers study the genetic secrets of the world's last Pinta Island tortoise.

Researchers extract nuclei from a preserved woolly mammoth carcass, implant them into the egg cells of mice, and watch as the bits became animated.

Humans have driven almost 600 plant species extinct since 1750s and that number is likely much higher.

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Six West-Coasters do a Kentucky Bourbon taste test. It gets funny.

By finding a way to keep the sugar to a minimum, many traditional cocktails can become low-carb versions of the originals.

Whether you're drinking it on one really large rock, mixing cocktails with it, or cooking with it, chances are you’re at least dabbling in the brown liquor.

For the holiday weekend, and all summer long, try this easy trick for making a lot of large ice balls at one time.

Honeysuckle and lemon balm foraged from the backyard or your farmers market flavor this vodka cocktail.