Attention eco-fashionistas in New York City, Canopy Verde is searching for handbag models as part of a grassroots advertising campaign.

Kids make the best workout buddies. Here's how adults can tailor their exercise routines to a child's abilities.

A study in the Lancet looked at over-60 walkers, and those who worked on a busy London street didn't fare as well as the park walkers.

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

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

Researchers discovered a Chelonoidis phantasticus giant tortoise on Fernandina Island. The last time this tortoise was seen was 1906.

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

Session cocktails and plant-based barbecue are the biggest food trends this summer.

The oddball asteroid Lutetia is a rocky remnant of the material that formed Earth, Venus and Mercury about 4.5 billion years ago, a new study suggests.

Mercury, named for the Roman messenger of the gods, is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the sun. Check out these amazing images

The specialized DNA of cockroaches makes them dumpster divers extraordinaire.

A study found that while plastic bag litter has decreased in the U.K. seabed, other forms of pollution have increased.

Here's a good list of items not to put in your garbage disposal, and a bonus list of 3 to be cautious about.

A singular place to say 'I do' in the Seattle area, Brightwater Treatment Plant can process 36 million gallons of wastewater daily.

You may love Amazon Prime, but the environment doesn't.

Those helium-filled balloons you've seen bobbing in the breeze are the least important use of this critical element, especially since we don't have enough.

Can you spot all of these incognito critters?

Getting along with neighbors can yield big health benefits for birds, a new study finds. It's probably good for us, too.

Thanks to the 24-hour news cycle and social media, it's impossible to tune out these politically turbulent times. Here's how to tune in and stay sane.

For the media, exonerated climate scientists aren't nearly as interesting as evil, manipulative ones.

Meanwhile, rumors of a pending iPad 3 spread around the Web, but are they to be believed?

FoodShareFilter aims to sell its Instagram filter specially made for food pics and donate the money to an El Salvadorian charity.

Benny the beagle was the subject of a 1,000-person search that also involved a helicopter.

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has added 19 new locations to its list of World Heritage Sites and expanded the boundaries of another one.

A wet and rainy winter after a wildfire year could give California a beautiful super bloom.

A street dog named Mera tagged along with a expedition and climbed 23,389-foot Baruntse, a mountain in Nepal.

Family sends an SOS message in a bottle from California's Arroyo Seco River — and it saves them.

Columnist Matt Hickman offers advice on how to get a crunchy-granola, green husband to wear underwear.

During a live webcast, Walmart reveals its new global sustainable agriculture goals.

With so many organic companies owned by large corporations, some of their profits may be used to fight Proposition 37 – which would require genetically modifi

An organic “garden gin,” Sage uses botanicals like the ones grown by Thomas Jefferson in his Monticello gardens.

A guild of artisans is preserving traditional weaving methods in a region of Peru overshadowed by the ruins of Machu Picchu.

You can still enjoy a wide variety of pasta dishes while following a special diet with these suggestions.

If you're sleeping in on the weekends, you might be setting yourself up for a host of chronic health issues.

Iron Chef Jose Garces’ whiskey bar in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia serves a sustainable burger and fries that are worth the wait.

Actress, currently starring in the eco-thriller 'The East,' describes freeganism and her experiences on an eco-village studying permaculture.

WikiPearl is an edible shell that wraps around food and complements the flavor. It’s meant to take the place of throwaway packaging, but it poses a challenge.

A tarantula's toxic brew could serve as an insecticide against agricultural pests that consume the venom orally.

A few years ago, when Janet Jackson “oopsed” her way into Super Bowl and Federal Communications Commission history, 140 million viewers of the biggest game

The Swirl Faucet also saves water, so long as you aren't completely beguiled by its beauty.

More than half of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted, according to satellite system data.

Spongy water harvester prototype that uses only sunlight was tested successfully in the Arizona desert.

Emoji can add emotion and intent to emails and texts, but can they ever become their own language?

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

Theses six apps can help you add hours back to your day.

As the president leapfrogs from India to Indonesia to Seoul, he's making deals on green energy in the hopes of curbing climate change.

At the height of S’mores season, protesters are leaving cards with QR codes near Hershey’s chocolate products in stores to alert shoppers of the problems wi

FarmedHere, a new 90,000-square-foot indoor farm, just opened in the suburbs of Chicago and is now the largest facility of its kind in the world.

From two Apple expats comes the Nest Learning Thermostat, a cleverly intuitive household thermostat that picks up on your daily schedule as well as your heating

Here are five serious sewage disasters in history, many of them caused by overwhelmed sewer systems. How we can prevent future ones from flowing our way?