A challenge encourages parents to get their kids outside for almost 3 hours a day.

Being outdoors may create a better sense of connection between parents and young children, a new study finds.

The Girl Scouts claim trademark infringement after boy scouts drop the word 'boy.'

The animated short "Bao" is about a Chinese mother overprotecting a dumpling, and it speaks to anyone who has ever been a mom or had a mom.

Anna Jarvis created Mother's Day, then was dismayed how quickly the holiday became commercialized.

Microsoft is the latest in a long line of tech companies making a serious play in the renewable energy sector.

Big money is being poured into a technology that could make it possible to modify your DNA.

You really don't need the stuff that makes your bathroom smell like an overchlorinated swimming pool.

VOC emissions from shampoo, cleaners and paint impact air quality as much as vehicle emissions, according to a new study from NOAA.

Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea wants to help us breathe easier with pollutant-busting window treatments.

The flu vaccine is your best weapon against the flu this year.

Health officials have identified a 'very strong culprit' for the devastating sickness linked to e-cigarettes.

New study takes a closer look at the link between music and sports performance.

Colorado and Washington state have legalized marijuana, and others are considering measures. Test your cannabis knowledge.

Legal cannabis markets are bringing a powerful ally to the fight against marijuana prohibition: The business community.

The cost of supporting a person with autism over that individual's lifetime can be as high as $2.4 million, a new study estimates.

If your taste buds demand bacon, but the price is straining your food budget, try a recipe that uses just a little bacon but brings a lot of bacon flavor.

New designs like the Eargo and new rules from the government may change everything.

Lessons in business and management from the Medicis.

We keep voting for people who promise to make things like they were, forgetting that things could be awful.

A new U.S. report on climate change offers 'information that every human needs.'

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

We know our old CRT television sets are loaded with lead, our batteries are bursting with heavy metals and although strides have been made in reducing mercury c

Program offers national recognition for kids working to make their world a greener place.

The EPA unrolls WaterSense labeling for irrigation controllers, the first outdoor product eligible for certification in a program that previously focused only o

The EPA has unveiled a plan to limit carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants. Here's a look at what the rules could mean.

The EPA staff is being cut by 6 percent, disrupting services like pollution cleanup and public health research.

U.S. authorities have largely suspended their investigation of the molasses spill that fouled Hawaiian waters last month.

Elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in several classrooms have parents worried their children are at risk.

If you follow a few simple steps, we promise you won't smell after your bike ride to the office.

How to steer clear of the Styrofoam and plastic stuff.

Kids in England have been raising money to fund solar for schools in Africa, but now they are bringing it closer to home too.

Pierre Calleja sees big things in microalgae – microscopic, single-cell plants with the potential to clean the air.

How do these global cities stack up in being green?

The mail subscription service combines high-tech analytics and personal stylists to send women clothes they'll love.

Father-daughter team turns a common race practice into a clever opportunity to help the less fortunate.

The creator of Tabasco sauce is often credited with a proliferation of large rodents called nutria in the swamps of Louisiana.

The fungus behind white-nose syndrome has few weaknesses to exploit, a new study suggests.

Officials in Australia quarantine imported versions of the pop singer Katy Perry's latest album due to its seed-paper packaging.

The world's oceans are hurting, and we're the only ones who can do anything about it — so read up.

Invasive "crazy ants" have been displacing fire ants, and a curious defensive strategy may be behind the crazy ants' bold takeover.

The beetle has already wreaked havoc around the Pacific, and recent sightings in Hawaii could spell trouble for its iconic palm trees.

The invasive species has already wreaked havoc in the Great Lakes and other regions.

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

The brown anole is an invasive species, and if you can't beat 'em, eat 'em.

The mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus are wily, but if you understand their biology, it is possible to keep them in check.

A once-'mild' virus found in Africa 70 years ago is now running wild. Here's everything you need to know.

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

A new 4-minute film casts digital humans in real extraterrestrial destinations, guided by the timeless words of Carl Sagan.

One hundred people are still in the running to become humanity's first Mars explorers.