Keeping your tires properly inflated is one of the simple things you can do to lower your carbon footprint and fuel costs, and also stay safe.

Pinyon pine is a widely distributed pine that grows in the Intermountain region of western North America. It is a major indicator tree in the pinyon-juniper life zone. P. edulis is a short and ...

Depending on where you live, there are some items that simply aren't recyclable, including varieties of paper, glass and plastic. Check with your city service provider to know specifics, but here ...

The Butternut tree (Juglans cinerea) grows rapidly on well-drained soils of hillsides and streambanks in mixed hardwood forests.

Friends and enemies in the animal world tend to be pretty clear-cut. But as these unlikely pairs show, even Mother Nature doesn't set things in stone.

Someone must have told Flip Spiceland or Larry Sprinkles that with a name like that they ought to be in weather.

From Venezuela to South Africa, tropical and temperate rain forests are the most bio diverse ecosystems on Earth.

Cellulose tape is a transparent adhesive tape that happens to be biodegradable too. It is difficult to find, especially in the US. Almost all transparent tape sold here is made of acetate. One ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has maps of major world forests. These maps represent current global forest cover.

Discover how a building's embodied carbon encompasses "hidden" emissions and how those can be reduced.

9 Fascinating Facts About Starfish These misnamed stars of the sea can be found in tidal pools and coral reefs, as well as among kelp beds and seagrass.

One way to tell the difference between a squid and an octopus: Count the arms. Find out which has more appendages, plus other distinctive characteristics.