Congress finally passed the farm bill. Here are 5 facts to start you on your way to knowing what's actually in it.

Find out if the acerbic celebrity chef is impressed.

Say it ain't so, Amy Poehler.

Actor allegedly smuggled his 2 pups in via private jet, generating euthanasia threats from Australian biosecurity officials.

Famed naturalist David Attenborough says that despite his scripts taking longer to write, he has absolutely no plans of retiring.

After his dog died, Ryan Gosling took to wearing George's tag.

Famous people understand dogs as well as the rest of us.

From urban jungles to sprawling prairies, here are some noteworthy facts about these resourceful rodents.

Scientists are studying the sleep habits of mountain lions to help protect the cats from habitat loss.

Stumbling upon these beautiful coral mushrooms makes a walk in the forest extra special.

A group of stick spiders in Hawaii evolves into the same three 'ecomorphs' every time it colonizes a new island or region.

You may think of butterflies simply as colorful garden pollinators, but there's so much more to these beautiful insects!

Some trees embark on an epic — and important — journey after they die.

Six in 10 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, according to a new study.

Our planet has lost 60 percent of its vertebrate animals since 1970, but there still may be time to save the rest.

Meet some of the most spectacular, and secretive, squirrels on Earth.

The Minewater system pulls geothermal heat from flooded abandoned coal mines.

A closer look at the Lone Star Geyser could help scientists predict volcanic eruptions.

The newly discovered species have been isolated from other toads for 650,000 years.

Photographer Chris Perani painstakingly combines thousands of exposures to create each individual image.

Construction equipment has moved into the land of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, to begin work on a border wall.

As long as there are humans, there will be cockroaches.

Painted lady butterflies are migrating north for the summer, and they're overtaking southern California, to the delight of many.

Sam Jaffe created The Caterpillar Lab to share his love of these weird and wacky creatures. He transformed a childhood passion into a full-fledged career.

The pill bug or roly-poly plays many key roles in its environment.

Scientists close in on the genetic mechanisms used by mosquitoes to locate prey.

Bus stops in the Dutch city of Utrecht now have gardens specifically to help the bee population.

The decline of Ohio's butterflies likely reflects a broader crisis for a wide range of insects, researchers say.

We can learn a lot from dung beetles, including how to be better citizens of the planet.

Beautiful video from National Geographic shows how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.

Video shows Monarch Butterflies stopping in Colorado at John Martin Reservoir State Park as they migrate to Mexico.

New research suggests paper wasps use facial recognition to work better alongside one another.

The western monarch population may be on the verge of collapsing.

Nancy Sutley, chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for Energy and Climate Change, take your ques

Join Aveda in setting an Earth Day world record.

Celebrate National Parks Week and Earth Day with us with this breathtaking visual tour of some of the most beautiful sights in America's national parks.

If nothing else, taking a picture of yourself in nature for Earth Day will get you outside.

For Earth Day, Easter or any seasonal meal, try this side dish made from seasonal vegetables and aromatic spices.

You wouldn't leave the shower on for 42 minutes, right? When you think about food waste that way, it's more tangible.

Critically acclaimed 'Catching the Sun' offers solution to current economic crisis.

Japan wants no part of Kyoto but what about the other goals of COP 16?

There's so much more strangeness to sloths, our favorite slow-moving creatures, than meets the eye!

These plants are surprisingly common, yet just one taste — or even a touch — will send you to the hospital.

The Australian bilby is becoming more popular, and they may just take over as the country's animal representative for Easter.

Spending time in nature has proven health benefits, and creating a sit-spot habit will help you reap those positive rewards.

Sea otters hold hands so they don't float away during naps, and baby dolphins don't sleep at all for the first months of life.

If a bird has zygodactyl feet, that means two toes point forward and two point back. This makes life easier for woodpeckers, owls, parrots and ospreys.

From cancer to migraines and even seizures, dogs can give us a heads up about a range of human diseases.

Sure, they happen every day, but there's so much to know about them, including that tides are just big waves.

Scientists take a deeper look at how chameleons change color, and learn some tricks that could benefit humans.