Want to wish upon a shooting star? November is one month when you can definitely do that.

After landing rovers and its spacecraft on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, JAXA is returning with a sample.

U.S. News & World Report gives top honor to the diet rich in vegetables, whole grains and other healthy foods.

Join 350.org and thousands of local activists to create one of 15 gigantic aerial art pieces that'll be visible from space!

At the Cancun climate talks, one art installation dominated the headlines at a turning point in history.

Artists Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang find materials for their eco-art pieces by picking up plastic debris from the beach.

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 14-20, 2011, including the not-so-nutty professor behind the The Periodic Table of the Elements an

A compilation of the best original stories from Mother Nature Network for the week, including Bear Grylls' eating habits, a webcam of Mount Everest and much mor

These artists used recycled pine, driftwood and waste timber to create their pieces.

Cloud gazing is no longer an activity reserved for the outdoors, thanks to these life-like but surreal indoor clouds created by artist Berndnaut Smilde.

Scientists and artists have more in common than one might think. Many techniques used by artists are just as indispensable for scientists, who use interesting i

A giant floating sphere built from discarded umbrellas will next set sail on one of the country's most notorious Superfund sites: The Gowanus Canal.

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.

It sounds totally familiar, yet completely new.

Wearing snowshoes, artist Simon Beck carved intricate geometric designs into snowy landscapes.

A new survey shows that fewer Americans are interested in flex fuel vehicles and instead prefer fuel-efficient standard gasoline models.

From gravitons to winos, here are five bizarre things that may exist beyond the Higgs.

The 2013 Nobel Prize in physics will be announced next week, and while the identity of the winner (or winners) is a closely guarded secret.

From taming inflammation to battling PMS blues, it's time to celebrate these salubrious wonder roots.

From liters of beer consumed to the number of missing dentures, the tallies behind Oktoberfest have much to reveal about the frisky folk festival.

Singing helps the spirit soar, but can it boost the body as well?

If you can't beat them, eat them — that's what Jamaica and Florida are doing with lionfish, and there’s been a big drop in sightings of this invasive species.

These feared and beloved predators are arriving on coffee tables, thanks to famed National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry.

Judith Jones, the editor of 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' who had a knack for knowing what would sell big, has died at age 93.

Ecologist Chris Thomas, author of 'Inheritors of the Earth,' asks readers to look at what we gain through environmental losses.

Reading novels has all kinds of benefits for the mind — and maybe even the spirit.

From centuries-old temples to sleek modern masterpieces, libraries are some of humanity's most beautiful architectural accomplishments.

The Nordic nation gets bookish at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with an exposition dubbed 'Mind-Building'

Nurtured by the oil industry, this city has an impressive environmental presence.

It's Europe without the jetlag, or the carbon footprint.

Belize, a tiny nation on Central America's Caribbean coastline, is at once accessible and remote. The country boasts a low population density (330,000 people li

Monaco is a tiny, independent city-state on the Mediterranean, surrounded by the French Riviera. It is famous for its glitzy casinos, Grand Prix race and imposs

Sitting in the Caribbean, only 56 miles from the coast of Florida, Grand Bahama is one of the closest major islands to the United States. Easy access from the N

Cartagena, Colombia's Caribbean port city, might not enjoy the name recognition of Bogota or even Medellin, but it has many of the features of a bona fide mains

Sardinia's true magic, especially from a nature-lover’s perspective, is its interior and its less-accessible sections of coastline.

Rehoboth Beach, Del., is a grade-A beach town -- the “Nation’s Summer Capital” nickname is well-deserved. It’s a place where Mother Nature and the atypi

This up-and-coming destination is cheaper than its counterparts in Western Europe but no less attractive in terms of beauty, affordability and sustainability.

Gorgeous sunsets, abundant wildlife and serenity can be found just a ferry ride away from Seattle.

Fiat offers loaner bikes to drivers in need, the Atlantic ocean gets its own garbage patch, and researchers find a massive oil plume lurking beneath the Gulf of

A shipping container filled with rubber duckies was lost at sea in 1992, and the bath toys are still washing ashore today.

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.

Plastic pollution similar to ocean 'garbage patches' has been found in the Great Lakes, especially microscopic beads used in many personal care products.

There's a secret world of microbes hidden on the plastic littering the oceans.

We get why the artists chose this common vegetable to represent America, but if you could choose a food, what would it be?

Sweets can exacerbate skin aging and wrinkles, research shows.

Researchers find that fructose may be more harmful than other sugars when it comes to its effect on blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.

In 'Allowed to Grow Old,' photographer Isa Leshko captures dignified portraits of elderly farm animals in sanctuaries.

Two small studies found that when people gave money they were happier than those who spent it on themselves.

No matter what, if you're going to buy, buy smarter — and that means buying more sustainable items.

In just a year, Karen Jenner has collected 2.4 tons of trash on beaches in Nova Scotia.