Like any other aspect of running a business, the key to survival is preparation.

Some boomers are going to be supporting three generations, but their kids are going to have it worse.

Lessons in business and management from the Medicis.

If a bad burn isn't motivation enough to use care when you're out in the sun, perhaps some government intervention will help.

The EPA administrator fires back at a coal utility company during a Senate committee hearing.

The GOP has nearly 40 anti-environmental proposals in its debt plan. We parse through five of the most significant items.

Your dutiful blogger has been evacuated from his home. However, it didn't stop me from taking a stroll along with banks of an infamously filthy canal in Brookly

Jackson will leave the agency early next year, she revealed in a statement Thursday, adding that 'the ship is sailing in the right direction.'

Bipartisan 'Chemical Safety Improvement Act' would require more safety regulation for chemicals while making it easier for those that pass to get on the market.

In her first speech as EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy argues 'climate change isn't an environmental issue. It's a fundamental economic challenge.'

Water is humanity's most valuable resource. Want to green your usage? These ideas cost next to nothing and can each save 1,000 gallons a year.

How to steer clear of the Styrofoam and plastic stuff.

Colony collapse disorder is claiming many of North America and Europe's bees. But there are simple things you can do to help keep them buzzing.

Tofu makes a good substitute for eggs in this eggless egg salad recipe.

Begun in her bedroom when she was 13, this dedicated woman’s Little Nature Museum has never stopped growing and inspiring visitors.

Conservation photographer Morgan Heim talks about her work, and how being foolish can lead to brilliant things.

Nothing says "I'm single and ready to mingle" like a dose of salty digestive fluid. For sea lampreys, anyway.

New research could stop the spread of citrus greening, a disease that is killing Florida's oranges.

The 3,000 to 4,000 fish that now run amok in Colorado's Teller Lake #5 likely spawned from 4 or 5 dumped pet goldfish.

Following a 3-week stint, the very big bunnies will hop to other cities.

By keeping out invasive cats, rats and other predators, a new fence on Kauai is helping a rare bird bounce back.

Conservationists are hoping for a Christmas (Island) miracle.

Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars.

NASA is getting ready to launch a daring test flight of a capsule that could eventually bring humans to deep-space destinations like Mars or an asteroid.

Intriguing features photographed by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity probably don't have a biological origin, mission team members say.

The Beagle 2 Mars lander is clearly visible in new photos from NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in orbit around the Red Planet.

The White House budget proposal for NASA in 2016 calls for a $500 million boost over the 2015 enacted budget and would keep NASA on its path to Mars.

To prepare for future colonies on Mars, NASA is asking for ideas on how to keep Red Planet astronauts safe that require minimal resupplies from Earth.

NASA aims to launch a flight test Thursday, June 4, of an innovative "flying saucer" that could help humans land on Mars in the future.

NASA's huge supersonic parachute isn't ready to land astronauts on Mars just yet.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says the agency's current goal of getting astronauts to Mars in the 2030s is eminently achievable

Space law prevents rovers from contaminating H2O on Mars.

Want to go to space? NASA is looking to hire a few good astronauts.

The space agency is trying to understand what vegetables may thrive on the red planet, and how to help them do so.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the $3.5 billion spent annually on the space station should go towards efforts to colonize Mars.

The space agency is planning to land its newest set of wheels on the Martian surface by early 2021.

The Mars InSight lander, developed to peer deep into the red planet's interior, is slated to launch on the morning of May 5.

It would be the first heavier-than-air craft flown on another planet.

An in-depth study into the resources and tech needed to turn Mars into Earth finds we're not quite there yet.

The plan to manufacture fuel on Mars instead of on Earth could make human missions to Mars more practical.

NASA says the unique Jezero Crater will revolutionize our understanding of Mars and its 'ability to harbor life.'

The rover was originally meant to only live for 90 days.

NASA unveils new spacesuit for the first woman and next man to wear on the moon in 2024 and eventually Mars.

Life-affirming data from 1976 was dismissed as a 'false positive,' but former NASA scientist Gilbert V. Levin is speaking up.

Sara Rue becomes a mom on and off the set of 'Malibu Country'.

PETA Person of the Year returns in musical series 'Smash'.

Australian actress Rachel Ward is featured in 'Pioneers of Television: Miniseries'.

The actress, who follows a mostly vegetarian diet, stars in her first American TV show, 'Red Widow.'

'Mad Men' star turns contemporary detective in 'Top of the Lake'.

Book signing party supports animal rescue charity.