When you leave your food donation by your mailbox on May 12, make sure to keep a record of it.

The South American nation joins 50 other countries taking steps to reduce plastic waste and pollution.

Dr. Sarah-Jeanne Royer at the University of Hawai'i discovered that plastic bags are contributing to global warming by giving off methane.

As Greenpeace attacks Apple for the coal clouds firing its data centers, green grids from Iceland to Quebec are attracting some surprising new customers. All ki

Danielle Fong was only 19 years old when she founded a technology company with the goal of perfecting green energy storage and utilization.

Through a pioneering waste-to-energy scheme, the spoiled stock at a Sainsbury's superstore will be used to keep the lights on.

Botanophobics may want to avert their eyes.

After two years of fighting for permission to build along the city's waterfront, Lucas says he's pivoting back to California.

Used often in film productions, the lovingly preserved Canadiana Village is mostly for show.

Christine Ren's "Silent Killers" uses stunning visuals to draw attention to a net-buyback program to keep our seas cleaner for wildlife.

On the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth, a brief look into his life captures what makes the writer an American icon.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is so sensitive it can see objects optical telescopes cannot. Here are some incredible images it has helped capture.

While beautiful, the surface of Venus is as hostile as the deepest recesses of space. Despite its nearness to Earth, the planet remains largely a mystery.

Waves crash against wind turbines perched on a jetty in Boulogne-sur-mer, France.

The style-conscious soap wizards at Method unveil plans for a wind and solar-powered manufacturing facility that will also include rooftop food production.

Renewable energy is already growing rapidly. But these recent developments in energy storage could prove to be a game changer.

Utilizing her 18 years of military experience, U.S. Air Force veteran Angela Cody-Rouget started a professional service to help people become organized.

Tour a "top-of-the-line" 1970s RV inhabited by a recovering shopaholic who has given up the garage sales for a simpler life that's not dictated by stuff.

These tips should help you get pet hair off your dog, cat, house and clothes.

Researchers make headway in fight against devastating disorder by breeding bees with the ability to seek out and remove varroa mites.

'Inception' star chats with Bill Maher about colony collapse disorder and how industrialized farming is harming bee populations.

Two college sophomores designed the gloves to make communication easier for the deaf community.

Mark Ruffalo, actor and environmental activist whose family lives in an area of upstate New York directly where "fracking" is a common practice, explains the da

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

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

Jaguars used to roam all over the Southwest but now are an extreme rarity. And this unique cat is already threatened by the mining industry.

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

A cave in Slovenia has two new baby olms — ghostly 'dragons' that can live for 100 years but rarely reproduce.

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.

The Ocean Cleanup is ready to launch plastic-eating System 001 to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

This infographic breaks down how plastic pollution is killing marine life and what you can do to prevent it.

The disease is in the news again, but this time, campylobacter jejuni is linked to puppies. We answer several questions.

Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on June 3 when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half o

NASA lost power on Sunday in California, delaying the launch of the IRIS sun observatory by one day.

NASA's far-reaching space probe is still within the sun's sphere of influence, but soon will leave into prediscovered areas.

Here's a handy cheat sheet to help you keep the spacecraft straight.

A miniature space farm, robot legs, and microbes collected by cheerleaders are just a few of the odd passengers headed to the International Space Station.

Weather permitting, the cargo run will lift off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:25 p.m. EDT.

Food, supplies, gear — and possibly Easter treats — successfully made their way to the space station.

NASA astronaut Steven Nagel, who flew four space shuttle missions, died Thursday, Aug. 21. He was 67.

Within a few years, most of the power for Chile's sprawling subway system will come from renewable energy.

British tech startup Seawater Greenhouse makes the impossible feat of growing crops in arid regions possible with the help of plenty of sunshine and saltwater.

The 4-acre Chernobyl solar power facility can supply enough power for a medium-sized village, or about 2,000 apartments.

When you can't harvest crops, why not harvest the sun?

In the 2 years since the U.K. imposed a 5-pence fee, about a third of shoppers still use plastic bags. What price would change your habits?

Swale, a barge repurposed into a 'floating food forest,' lets people pick and eat produce for free.

Plastic bags are bad, for sure. But a new fee for produce bags is angering some ... and you're not even allowed to bring your reusables!

These 3 changes in your paper towel, zipper bag and plastic bag habits will get you started on your way to using fewer of these products.

Researchers have developed a soap made of iron rich salts which could one day safely clean tainted water.

Stephen Baldwin and a business partner were suing Kevin Costner and his Ocean Therapy Solutions for more than $17 million in damages.