Looking out for the safety of kids and pets, the EPA decides to ban some toxic rodent poisons. Here are a few pest remediation alternatives that rely on repelli

The administration drank the conservative Kool-Aid and agreed that tightening ozone emission rules would have hurt the economy. But clean air is popular politic

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.

Another tragedy highlights the need to protect these precious insects.

Do you really want to green your home? You can't do it alone. Here's how to get the sort of family buy-in you need to make it work.

A fairly painless way to start making a difference is to write down how you can save 10 miles of driving each week and then do it.

Concern about the safety of many wall coverings has led to a revival in milk-based paints.

Ryan Nicodemus discusses how and why he and Joshua Fields Millburn left successful careers, ditched most of their stuff, and set up shop in a Montana cabin.

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

SRI, the system of rice intensification, has taken agribusiness giants by surprise with its record-breaking harvests across the globe.

How do they do it? Through lots of glass jars, obliterating clutter, and recycling only as a last resort. Bea Johnson shares her top 10 tips.

Grad student Christopher Johnson hopes to save lives with a little help from some microscopic partners.

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

Forget the meek; the jellyfish might just inherent the Earth.

The bat-killing fungal infection known as white-nose syndrome has been found in two new U.S. states.

After killing 7 million bats in eastern North America, white-nose syndrome just made a 1,300-mile leap west.

Watch Chuck perform at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green.

Long a subject of speculation, our neighbor has yet to yield signs of life. But that hasn't kept people from imaging it's there.

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

Mice zapped with cosmic rays can incur brain damage, suggesting that astronauts' brains could suffer over time on deep-space missions to Mars and beyond.

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.

Extraterrestrial business questions about asteroids and spaceflight finally answered.

Several billion years ago, Mars had a vast ocean that may have harbored some giant waves.

A fresh batch of satellite images showcasing the red planet's diverse topography is providing scientists with valuable data for future travel to Mars.

The massive Mars colony simulation located in the Dubai desert will be designed by Danish architect Bjake Ingels.

Finding water ice could change everything we thought we knew about the red planet, and make colonization feasible.

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.

NASA's open source plans for a smaller model of the Mars Curiosity rover are meant to inspire next-gen STEM students.

Eco at the Oscars, TV dogs, elephants and 'Sharks'.

'Bones' star juggles hit show and eco-conscious motherhood.

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

Animal poaching makes Silas Weir Mitchell ('Grimm') 'murderously enraged'.

Green 'Family Weekend'; nature TV premieres.

The backwoods genius of 'Billy Bob's Gags to Riches' lives high off low-brow novelties.

Meet the environmental organizations wielding the power of Facebook to inspire, educate and advocate for the planet.

Idea of including environmental impact of food production won't fly this year.

Comic artist Rob Lang gives animals a way to speak their piece with "Underdone Comics.'

The Environmental Voter Project has a plan to awaken a sleeping giant in American politics.

At a campaign stop, retired environmentalist Anthony Samsel asked Mitt Romney a question about coal-fired power plants. Romney's response surprised him.

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise endorsement of Obama follows the devastating effect of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and the Northeast.

President Barack Obama will announce a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a highly anticipated speech today.

Reducing carbon dioxide may be solved in storing emissions in deep, subterranean rock throughout the country.

The Montreal Protocol, which phased out ozone-killing gases, has helped. Meanwhile the oceans are warming faster than ever.

The U.N. summit is going on despite recent terrorist attacks, and it does so with diplomatic momentum as well as a renewed sense of global solidarity.

While the scientist try to figure out why type 1 diabetes is on the rise, let's do our parts to make sure our kids don't develop type 2 diabetes.

A new book, 'The 8-Hour Diet,' has science and sensibility behind it.

Celebrity doctor's unofficial audience test promises weight loss with no change in diet or exercise, but there is one downside.