Pyrethroid pesticides stunt the growth of bumblebees, a new study finds, resulting in smaller workers that may be less adept at foraging.

In honor of Cesar Chavez Day, here are 10 interesting facts about the civil rights activist.

Environmental Working Group’s latest Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce assists consumers in reducing the pesticides they consume in their diets.

Wild finches in the Galapagos made famous by Charles Darwin 'self-fumigate' their nests using human-made pesticides.

The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, are "highly likely" to be triggering bee deaths, say researchers.

There are many reasons to protect children from an overload of chemicals. Here's how you can do it and why you should.

Are aphids and other pests wrecking your garden? Partner up with ladybugs to stop the carnage.

A buzzworthy new discovery might help explain the alarming speed of colony collapse disorder.

World Health Organization raises concerns about 2,4-D, calling it 'possibly' carcinogenic.'

Humans and house spiders go way back, yet we rarely give this relationship much thought. Here's what to know about your arachnid roommates.

A new study concludes humans have accidentally spread a virus and parasite that are obliterating bees.

France bans the use of pesticides in public parks and the sale of chemical pest-control solutions to amateur gardeners.

Researchers in the U.K. hope that prettying up fields with strips of wildflowers will attract pest-munching bugs.

The European Union has banned bee-harming neonicotinoids. The policy is expected to come into full force by the end of 2018.

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.

As Obama plans for an energy makeover, his Department of Energy is still focused on nuclear weapons.

The brown tree snakes have completely taken over on Guam. The snakes conquered an ecosystem where there were no natural enemies.

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

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 offers a 50-cent-per-gallon tax credit for entrepreneurs who mix biomass or ethanol with conventionally taxed fossil fuels.

Renewable energy doesn't just slow climate change, it saves water too — lots of it.

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

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.

The bottled water people have run them out of town, but it's a historic public service.

Shock Top saves cheeky/ingenious conservation startup Drop-A-Brick from sinking.

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

A new concept takes the discussion out of the courtroom, where the battle has been fought for 20 years.

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

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

Getting past the ick factor isn't the only obstacle for a beer made from treated wastewater to be sold on the market.

It might seem counterintuitive, but Anheuser-Busch and The Nature Conservancy are working together to protect a Colorado watershed by cutting down trees.

The well was uncovered in the basement of an old London building that was also used as a 'Harry Potter' set.

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

The United Nation's World Water Day is a perfect time to remember how precious little fresh water we have, and how to keep it safe.

When you set up a rain barrel system at your house, you can save water and save money on your utilities.

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

From their vanilla-scented secretions to their amazing ability to alter an ecosystem, here's what you need to know about beavers.

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

The Ooho 'water bottle' is a gelatinous blob that allows you to have your bottled water (minus the plastic) and eat it too.

A company in the United Arab Emirates is already putting an iceberg-towing plan into action.

Right now, we basically build cities in a way that worsens flooding events, but nature has solutions.

In Arkansas, attention to thousands of miles of unpaved roads has helped clean up streams, ease the threat to endangered species and benefited everyone.

Four severe droughts in 20 years have left many residents of the Horn of Africa on the edge of survival.

'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.

The CHIP is a computer the size of a credit card that can do a lot. But it's no Raspberry Pi.

In June 2012, a network of 16,000 computers trained itself to recognize a cat by looking at 10 million images from YouTube videos.

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

Don't laugh. There are a lot of good reasons to consider it.

.dog domains are reserved for dog lovers and providers of canine products and services, but .cat isn't what you'd expect.