Modern exercise tends to put health before stealth, but both are necessary for anyone who wants to become a ninja.

Researchers find biological confirmation that yoga and meditation have a positive effect on mental health. Plus: 4 yoga moves that will reduce stress.

Pipeline spills aren't good for the environment and they aren't good for politics. They are especially bad for business.

Five Nebraska lawmakers say there is no rush to approve a massive pipeline that could damage the environment.

The vice president has strong words about energy policy, but it's the administration's actions that have most in the environmental world concerned.

Actor and environmentalist says President stood up to Big Oil by delaying project and calling for more environmental reviews.

Reporters for the online, nonprofit news site spent seven months reporting on tar-sands oil spill in Michigan.

But protecting your skin and the reefs is possible.

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.

Planned cuts will eliminate 2,335 wind industry jobs.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau publishes an online guide for women searching for a green job.

A striking infographic demonstrates the latent power of Big Solar in the United States. A powerful image from the Irish Sea illustrates the staggering scale of

The Bruce just delivered the ultimate excuse for 9-year-old Xabi Glovsky.

As the Vienna Chamber Orchestra performs Mendelssohn, a dog saunters up to enjoy the show.

Faced with restaurant-clearing brawls, McDonalds is testing classical music on late-night patrons.

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

A young boy said 'Wow!' after hearing Mozart at Boston Symphony Hall, and it sparked a viral push to find out who had produced this adorable reaction.

New problem in the Middle East is likely to raise old political arguments in Washington.

Gov. Tom Corbett takes swift action after TV investigation shows increased levels of bromide in Pennsylvania drinking water.

Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox just won an Emmy for his film "Gasland" which exposes fracking for the dangerous boondoggle that it is.

The new Artists Against Fracking makes a compelling case against opening up New York state to natural gas drilling. It's fuzzier about the energy sources that c

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.

Two Pennsylvania children, ages 7 and 10 have been permanently banned from talking about fracking.

The gaping 260-foot-wide hole was spotted in an area of Siberia known as "the end of the world."

Cannon Beach is building the first tsunami evacuation center, a city hall that can also serve as a shelter.

The lead scientist for our Global Marine Team was there as the surge arrived in Santa Cruz. It was supposed to be 40 minutes of small waves. He explains why boa

In the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster, conservative author Ann Coulter tells Bill O'Reilly that radiation is actually beneficial to humans.

Feel-good (in more way than one) underwear line PACT releases a new collection of organic cotton skivvies that support Architecture for Humanity's rebuilding ef

Scientists, engineers and telecommunications officials are in the early planning stages for a seafloor fiber-optic cable that would span the Pacific Ocean, and

One year after Japan's Fukushima crisis began, the U.S. nuclear chief says American reactors should adopt safety reforms more quickly.

While its name might evoke scenes of Mother Nature at her most destructive, the Tsunami House on Camano Island, Wash. revolves around comfort and resilience.

This century's deadly tsunamis kicked off an intense search for buried clues to prehistoric killer waves along Alaska's southern shores.

Meet Chris Robinson, an average California dad who just happens to be constructing a 22-foot-long tsunami escape pod out of plywood in his backyard.

Sustainable forestry. Here's an overview of how the sustainable forestry movement has evolved from the 1960s to the present.

Forest certification program announces its new Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant program.

The American Forest & Paper Association announced today an ambitious set of sustainability goals for its member organizations to aim for by 2020.

A new report suggests that while many countries are getting better at managing their tropical forests, deforestation remains a very real danger.

When federal agents seized rare ebony and rosewood from famed guitar maker Gibson Guitars, it sparked a firestorm over illegal logging.

Marijuana smokers might praise their drug of choice as "natural," but pot growers in national forests all over the country have caused "severe" damage to these

As commerce becomes increasingly global, American corporations are taking steps to develop sustainable supply chains that span the country and the planet.

An inside look at the 4-year effort to restore Atlanta's Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre forest within the city.

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City talks with Rachel Maddow about his new PBS documentary about Pluto and its status as a planet

The moons of Pluto, and a potential set of rings, may create dangerous debris zones for a NASA spacecraft currently speeding toward the distant world, researche

NASA asked the internet for help in choosing a nickname for the Kuiper Belt object named '(486958) 2014 MU69.'

From Czech architect Marek Štěpán comes Freedomky, a stylish prefab retreat that's affordable, easy to install and — thanks to an optional 'independence'

Appealing to both storage-conscious oenophiles and fans of modular green building alike, Sunset's 2012 Idea House, a next-generation Breezehouse from Blu Homes,

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr

With Sonoma County in the bag, affordable prefab builder Blu Homes unveils its first project in Southern California: a remote, low-impact desert retreat owned b

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

New York City unveils a disaster housing plan centered around retrofitted shipping containers that boast interiors that are like 'CB2 meets Motel 6' and that ar