Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.

They're baaack ... nearly 30 years later, solar panels are once again gracing the roof of America's most famous neoclassical mansion.

Walmart is making big strides when it comes to renewable energy.

How hip to hybrid cars are you? Zero to sustainability: Test your hybrid car IQ with this quiz.

WIth room for 5,000 residents, the $26 billion Ocean Spiral scheme offers a subaqueous alternative to overcrowded and costly terrestrial living.

Developers hope the design will bring affordable lighting to people worldwide who live along the coast.

As President Barack Obama nears the end of his second term, let's take a look at his final record on the environment, climate change and green policies.

Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is instituting a plan to power its ships using dead fish, part of an effort to be more environmentally sound.

Hi-tech biomass gassification plant will cut Middlebury College's CO2 emissions by 40 percent.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

We take a trip to a former Civil War-era insane asylum that has been called one of the most haunted places in America.

A Notre Dame football player turned fashion model has a new role: Eco-entrepreneur.

Scenes from the Little People of America conference in Washington, D.C.

New book about the painkiller industry has already been optioned by Warner Bros.

Politically active Facebook users are much more likely to "unfriend" people, a new study finds.

How embracing a serene, rural lifestyle has taught me to use a chainsaw, ride a pickup and get off my blood pressure medication.

Atlanta to Appalachia columnist Benyamin Cohen and his wife prepare for the arrival of their first chicks — and the wide new world of raising chickens.

We tracked the journey of our new chicks online as they made their way across state lines and to their new home — our home — in West Virginia.

Kathy Shea Mormino ditched the legal profession to become The Chicken Chick.

Author John Temple was granted unprecedented access to the controversial family.

Green Bank, West Virginia. is literally one of the quietest places in America, the perfect place for scientists to listen for E.T.

After all the time and money we've spent setting up this luxury chicken coop, this is by far the most expensive egg we'll ever eat.

Our first fowl emergency was truly a lesson in home healthcare.

Climate change could affect our food supply at the same time that global population is increasing.

These are the best preserved specimens of this extinct Arctic lion ever found.

After decades of testing, agency says 50 remaining chimps will be retired to a sanctuary.

Video could finally offer insight into the mysteries about how sharks get their shuteye.

Closest living relative of Arktocara yakataga can only be found in rivers in South Asia.

Illacme tobini is the second leggiest animal species on the planet — but that's not it's only odd feature.

Scientists have never seen a giant shipworm (Kuphus polythalamia) alive before, and it's the stuff of nightmares.

Zoom in on this supposed image of sheep on a hillside and you'll be in for quite the surprise.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

Sea urchins have light-sensitive cells on their feet that give them low-resolution vision. But for an animal with no eyes, that ability does the trick.

A Christmas commercial from British retailer Argos inspires both parents and kids to dream big.

The discoveries of two different burial sites in Norway have been facilitated by improved radar technology.

Rather than cutting down a live tree, many companies will rent you one that will keep growing and be used several years in a row.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates 'forgotten giant' sculptures in the wilderness.

There are two types of creative peaks, and they occur at different ages, combating the idea that the fires of creativity burn out after your youth.

Daniel Rueda and Anna Devís take inspiration from architecture and design and create colorful, geometric photos.

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president, had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster.

It's possible to unspoil a spoiled child, but it's not an easy process. A psychologist offers five ways to try to do it.

National Geographic's Travel Photographer of the Year contest winners show the power of nature, the beauty of cities and the strength of humanity.

When you think of stained teeth, you may be quick to blame coffee. But there are other foods and beverages that could be tingeing your pearly whites.

The LA County Fair has held a tablescaping competition since the 1930s, and it's so popular that they have to turn contestants away each year.

Brizi is a cushioned air filter and fan designed to clean the air around your baby's face and protect them from air pollution.

The Global Wildlife Conservation held their first #WildlifePhotoFail contest, where bloopers and blunders aren't just celebrated, they're rewarded.

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built and flew her own plane at 14, just earned a Ph.D. from Harvard and she's proof of the growing power of the STEM push.

Sand dollars are echinoids that live on the ocean floor. You may enjoy collecting their shells, but how much do you really know about these quiet creatures?

The series, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, has the highest number of adult-child coviewing experiences of any children’s show.

'To Be of Service' film shows how service dogs help veterans return to the world.