Environment

Sites where bombs were detonated contain less TNT than sites where they were deactivated.

Trees provide shelter, shade, beauty, clean air—and, sometimes, pure entertainment. These 40 trees all have something special about them.

Larger homes can earn up to $200 a year.

Between 1992 and 1996, artist Agnes Denes built a mountain.

The 1987 Montreal Protocol prohibited the use of ozone-destroying substances. Now, it looks like it paid off.

The goal is to return CO2 to where it came from—and keep it there.

You're never too old to enjoy the outdoors, change careers, or speak out against injustice.

The Ecoship is expected to set sail in 2020.

In some parts of the country, staying warm will cost you.

Consider these factors before choosing a side.

Getting tangled in lines and nets can be deadly for whales—and it's a global problem.

Being pelted with non-dairy creamer from the sky is not as delicious an experience as it sounds.

Think of it as the house that tomato stems built.

You hear the term tossed about, but what does it really mean?

They join the rest of the European Union in the effort to save the insects.

"I flew off the couch where I'd been falling asleep, let loose a string of expletives (in a good way), and did a little happy dance."

The Salton Sea was created by accident, is heavily polluted, and can't survive on its own. Why bother to save this strange place?

In a new study, being exposed to the main ingredient in Prozac radically altered the behavior of crabs.

Environment-related illness killed 9 million people worldwide in 2015. And the problem is only getting worse.

While he worked to save America's forests, Gifford Pinchot felt the spirit of his dead fiancée near.

Thanks to the nation's gold refineries, traces of the precious metal flow through the nation's wastewaters.

While there are plenty of reasons you might favor grass-fed beef, combating climate change shouldn't be one of them.

The vika is the subject of folk songs and nursery rhymes, but scientists had never found a real specimen before.

The island will soon be completely snowless.