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On Saturday, pollination enthusiasts across the country participated in The Great Bee Count to help scientists stay on top of dwindling honeybee and native bee populations.
Nuclear power didn’t make this radioactive ant — art did. But the 20-foot insect, which is made out of beads...
Knowing that we'll be facing increasingly frequent droughts, one woman's quest to reduce her own water footprint offers insight into the impending water crisis and how we can fix it.
Oh, you thought you were insane in the membrane, Cypress Hill? That’s because you didn’t see the insane membrane of...
In a carbon zero city, you wouldn't need to own a car -- or even a power drill. Redirecting the stuff we don't use into sharing economies can rewire consumption and save tons of carbon on the way.
The miners, employed by a subsidiary of Murray Energy, attended the required rally at the cost of a day's pay. But Romney used them in his ad anyway.
Coal has become a big issue in the presidential campaign, and it came up again in Tuesday's debate, but neither candidate would do much to stop coal's downward slide.
By J. Matthew Roney The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects that the world’s wild fish harvest will fall...
In a first-in-the-nation move, the NYC Board of Health has enacted limits on the size of sodas that businesses like fast-food outlets can sell.