Bees often flit around with yellow saddlebags, called pollen baskets, hanging from their hind legs.

The bees were staying alive by drinking the woman's tears.

Hives of honeybees do 'the wave' by shaking their booties. The wave pattern, called "shimmering,", requires impressive coordination.

Scientists find the gene that gives bumblebees their unique patterns — and the rest of us fair warning.

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

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

From eco-snacks to community-wide green events, here are 10 great ways to celebrate and protect the planet.

Free coffee at Starbucks, carbon offsets and sustainable seafood are just a few examples of what businesses are doing in honor of Earth Day.

Earth Day turned 41 Friday, with organizers hoping to inspire "A Billion Acts of Green," the holiday's theme for 2011. It's a noble goal, but recent events like

Groupon deals, rain barrels, epic videos and the marketing hype surrounding Earth Day.

A look at Earth Day's history and six things you can do to make the planet better.

You can celebrate Earth Day all week long with free admission to any national park.

Let these disaster movie-esque GIFs of four major cities being swallowed up by rising sea levels serve as your motivation to help combat climate change.

Celebrate the planet with these TV shows, movies and even a radio program.

PBS Kids' beloved Arthur cartoon will spend Earth week teaching kids to go green.

Did you know that 80 percent of the known terrestrial plant and animal species are found in forests?

A new MNN comic explains why we should rename 'Wednesday' in honor of our home planet.

Christiana Figueres says any agreement will be a step in the right direction, but it's clear she's not convinced Cancun will be a huge step.

As a wall goes up dividing the U.S. and Mexico, a range of environmental concerns are surfacing. Conservation photographer Krista Schlyer documents the impact.

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

Romeo the Sehuencas water frog desperately needed a girlfriend and a team of researchers found her along with several others.

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.

Millipedes are poison-filled arthropods that are surprisingly essential to the health of conifer forests in the Northwest.

The more we learn about elephants, the more we realize they are like us in so many ways.

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

The mouse deer. Or the pig deer. Or the little goat. Whatever you call the chevrotain, this is a truly distinct looking (and tiny!) ungulate.

From tallest to heaviest, these are the biggest breeds of dog found around the globe.

Conservative lightning rod has history of anti-environmental comments.

Greenland's ice sheet is on the move, with new images showing its glaciers moving 30 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Greenland and Antarctica are ho

A set of 80-year-old photographs discovered in a basement archive reveals the remarkable sensitivity of Greenland's glaciers to climate change, according to a n

A giant flood of Arctic meltwater may have triggered an ancient 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the "Big Freeze," the last major cold age on Earth, a new study

While the Greenland Ice Sheet has been known to be gradually melting over the years, new evidence shows that certain areas are thinning faster than others.

NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.

Bigger surface melts in recent years are softening the interior of the ice like a stick of butter.

The last bulwark to fall in Greenland's battle against rising temperatures is the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Titled 'Bigger Than Life,' a new short video explores Alaskan ice caves with a GoPro-toting drone.

Researchers who have analyzed satellite images of the icy region suggest that the glaciers' acceleration may be cause for concern.

Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth.

About half of the surface warming that's helping shrink Greenland's glaciers is due to temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

These caves may be beautiful, but they are often unstable and dangerous to explore due to persistent glacial motion and melting.

The vast ice sheet covering Greenland could melt more quickly in the future than existing models predict.

Greenland is famous for its massive glaciers, but the region was relatively free of ice until about 2.7 million years ago.

The discovery of two large lakes hidden beneath Greenland's ice suggests that climate change now cuts all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet.

Scientists have found that a red-colored algae blooming on glaciers and ice reduces albedo and leads to more warmth on the already-melting ice.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.

These aerial images highlight the devastating effect global warming has on the arctic.

While Morieka Johnson usually loves a good bargain, she knows that when it comes to local, sustainably raised beef, you get what you pay for.

Father's Day gifts. This Father's Day give him the gift of organic or locally brewed beer.

Dad will as usual be manning the grill, Father's Day or not, but you can make it special for him by sourcing the highest quality, healthiest meat.