Fern Cave hosts a wealth of species, including the largest colony in the world of endangered gray bats and many other species.

The FDA is investigating potentially regulating added caffeine.

Almost 600 dogs have died and thousands more have fallen ill in an outbreak linked to jerky treats made in China.

The FDA is opening up public comments for reaction to two possible nutrition labels. One will replace the label we’ve been looking at for 20 years.

Jerky dog treats made in China have been linked to 1,000 dog deaths and illness in three people.

When there’s no take back program for unneeded or expired medications, the Pill Terminator makes them unpalatable to people and animals.

Likely caused by pollution, levels of mercury in Pacific yellowfin tuna have been on the rise steadily since 1998.

Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act four years ago but hasn’t given the FDA the money needed to implement the act.

Ingredients that have been used in Europe for years are still awaiting approval for use in the U.S.

FDA bans 19 ingredients including triclosan and triclocarban found in antibacterial soap and suggests washing with plain soap and water.

At a single Starbuck location, a whooping 378 people bought coffee for the person behind them.

Part work of art, part tribute to farmers who love the earth they work, this new book deserves to be out where people can see it.

Sure, you've tried everything to lose weight — but have you put your brain to work?

Shareholders make decision over concerns that titanium dioxide could be toxic.

Flynn McCarry opens Eureka in NYC where his tasting menu will cost $160 and reservations are sold out.

The popularity of underground restaurants in Paris has restaurateurs asking the government to do something about the competition. Now when I go to Paris, I want

The pop-up space celebrates the 'joy of cooking together.'

Outstanding in the Field brings its long dining table to farms and uses locally produced foods for a memorable feast.

Actor says he would like to do for olive oil what director Francis Ford Coppola did for wine.

Weed killer glyphosate is being carried by foraging bees back to their hives — even organic bee hives.

You've heard of cat cafes, but this might be taking things too far...

Carey Gillam’s book "Whitewash" finds that glyphosate, the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup, is everywhere – and evidence that it causes harm has been suppressed.

You're ingesting microplastics when you consume this trendy salt source.

The end of artificial preservatives may be near — thanks to the power of plants and phytonutrients called flavanoids.

The government shutdown has forced the Food and Drug Administration to significantly reduce the number of inspections it's able to do.

Fuel-cell advocates are none too happy about Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s abrupt decision earlier this month to cancel $100 million in hydrogen

The Artificial Inorganic Leaf (AIL) may unlock the secrets to producing cheap, clean hydrogen by mimicking the photosynthetic structure of the leaf.

Hype builds around Bloom Energy's flagship solid oxide fuel cell -- a cleaner, greener 'power plant in a box.'

Hyundai provided its ix35 fuel-cell car as part of a unique and sustainable city garden in London.

Hyundai's hydrogen-powered Tucson has 265 miles of range, 3-minute fills, and free fuel if you sign a lease now.

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.

Water vapor escaping Europa hints at a vast saltwater ocean beneath its surface.

On the evening of Nov. 21, upwards of 400 meteors per hour may light up the night sky.

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission lander was lost on the surface of the moon, but now NASA officials have found its debris.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is exploring the sun's scorching outer atmosphere.

Scientists are studying new data from the Hubble telescope showing that planets with the density of cotton candy exist and they're called Super-Puffs.

A new high-resolution image reveals the center of our galaxy as never seen before.

Scientists discovered the oldest known material on the Earth's surface while studying a meteorite that landed in Australia 50 years ago.

Researchers studying the mysterious objects say the look like blobs of gas but behave like stars.

The sounds the sun makes would not be music to human ears.

Using images from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, NASA reveals the moon's 'dark side' in 4K as observed by the Apollo 13 astronauts.

Astronomers have found a mini-moon called 2020 CD3 in Earth's orbit, but it won't be around for very much longer.

To find life on Mars, we may have to send probes and people into this hole.

Should they be means tested, or should programs be universal?

Multi-generation living may get even more multi-generational if current demographic trends — like boomers aging — continue.

Older people tend to be more conservative, and tend to hit the share button a lot more often.

I offended people with my previous post about aging boomers, but my goal was to draw attention to a looming problem that we need to deal with.

Everybody is avoiding the stigma of being old. Here's why we need to get over it.

Who says you can't outrun old age?

Tristram Stuart's book "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal" argues that pigs can help alleviate world hunger by eating the scraps of wealthier countries,