Carrie Underwood gives her dog water therapy to deal with paralysis in his back legs.

The 45-acre addition will allow the Stewarts to host tours, educational programs and offer refuge for abused and abandoned farm animals.

These people overcame childhood illnesses and injuries to become trailblazers in their fields.

A photo snapped by singer Frenchie Davis of Louis Boria knitting on the subway drew attention to his business, Brooklyn Boy Knits.

New study sheds light on the illusion and athleticism behind Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' tilt.

A new study reveals how smooth, vertical surfaces can confuse a bat's echolocation abilities.

Dodder vines can tap into multiple hosts, causing damage but also providing botanical wires that let host plants share valuable info.

Conservation efforts are helping some large predators reclaim ancestral habitats, a new study finds.

Earth lost 39 million acres of tropical tree cover in 2017. That's like losing 40 football fields full of trees every minute for a year.

Some trees embark on an epic — and important — journey after they die.

From hoarding and scattering nuts to making jerky and taking prisoners, animals use some wild tactics to stay well-fed in winter.

The British Ecological Society annual photography competition celebrates both flora and fauna.

Earth's species are now vanishing at rates unprecedented in human history. That matters for more reasons than many people realize.

The bees were staying alive by drinking the woman's tears.

A new study and videos show how flies are able to land upside-down on any surface by making lightning-fast adjustments.

The western monarch population may be on the verge of collapsing.

There was a time, not very long ago, when it was safe to be a politician who supported environmental causes.

The launch of Earth Day in 1970 raised suspicions in Washington, D.C.

Take a look at what the world's water supply would look like as a single drop - and find out what your family can do to protect it.

A royal Bengal tiger takes refuge in a local man's bed from deadly floods near Kaziranga National Park.

Leaders of countries and companies will be in Cancun for new climate talks this week. The business world looks poised to be heard and hopes governments will lis

China admits it's the leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions — even though everyone else already knew that. What that means for this week's negotiations

On the first day of COP 16, President Calderon made some interesting remarks -- incuding one about your grandmother's refrigerator.

Mexican president proves himself a visionary with a sense of humor at the Cancun Climate summit.

Taking the easy way out is nothing new for politicians, but this time they're taking the easy way out on climate policy.

In "The Passage," a family recounts past adventures and explores the meaning of kinship on a grand Alaskan journey.

Spending time in nature has proven health benefits, and creating a sit-spot habit will help you reap those positive rewards.

Sea otters hold hands so they don't float away during naps, and baby dolphins don't sleep at all for the first months of life.

While stink bugs ravage our food crops, samurai wasps — another sneaky insect from Japan — are helping us keep them in check.

These brightly colored beetles come together in huge groups, but it's not just to cuddle.

These huge beasts have inspired myths of fantastic proportions. Get to know the real life dragons of Komodo Island.

Non-native nutria have made their way to the Golden State, and Californians are rushing to find a solution to this ROUS-sized problem.

These extraordinary marine mammals share a lot in common with humans.

Off the coast of northwest Greenland, an enormous iceberg is beginning to go to pieces.

Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.

James Balog photographs disappearing glaciers showing global warming evidence in time-lapse photography in the award-winning documentary Chasing Ice.

The world's glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making them responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise.

A massive iceberg, larger than the city of Chicago, broke off of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.

Scientists tracking 278-square-mile block of ice hope to learn from it as it moves away from its parent glacier.

The disintegration of a giant Antarctic ice shelf that had been stable for millennia was caused by a chain reaction of lakes draining on top of the ice.

Researchers in Greenland are studying how warming glaciers relate to sea level rise around the world. They had a front-row seat to the Helheim glacier calving.

NASA reveals the truth about 3.7-billion-year-old find.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.

American Express is encouraging its card members to shop at small businesses this Saturday.

This light, spicy, beer is perfect for saying “Cheers” to dad on Father’s Day and enjoying throughout the whole summer.

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.

"Are electric vehicles fast?" "Do they work in winter?" "Can I really give up visiting the gas station?" Get the facts on EVs.

A video interview with Benoit Jacob, the luxury carmaker's new electric and hybrid vehicle line's designer.

It's political. The mantra is that electric cars shouldn't be government-subsidized, but some of the same critics of these programs have no problem with billion

Ford announces that its new, faster-charging plug-in hybrid Ford Fusion will get 100+ MPGe. Oh, and it's cute, too.