On top of being creamy and delicious, butternut squash fights skin cancer, strengthens bones, boosts immunity, promotes weight loss and even alleviates PMS

Fracking permanently destroys 5 million gallons of drinking water per well. The radioactive wastewater is so toxic it has to be buried deep underground where it causes earthquakes.

A famous snowboarder says there’s no place like the adorable cob home she “shaped like play-dough” with her own hands, using non-recyclable plastics as filler

If we keep losing trees at the current rate of nearly 20 million acres per year, they “could soon be a spectacle found on display in only specially designated spaces, like animals in a zoo,” artist says

The “crown jewel” of the 73 remaining giant sequoia groves on the planet is about to be purchased, protected and opened to the public

Alder Creek. Photo Credit: Max Forster, Save the Redwoods League

As jaguars fight harder than ever for survival, this man and his gang of poachers have allegedly killed more than 1000 in the last thirty years, according to a police investigation

These algae-infused walls treat wastewater naturally and cheaply, removing heavy metals and other pollutants without harsh chemicals

Artists are making a fashion/political statement against government and corporate surveillance with jewelry, LED glasses, transparent masks and other “face art” designed to block facial recognition technology

Scientists have invented a device similar to a solar panel that starts generating electricity after the sun goes down

In an attempt to preserve his heritage, a half-Cherokee man collected and grew all the rare, indigenous varieties of corn he could find. When they crossed, they produced “glass gem” corn, that glitters with every color of the rainbow.

Photo Credit: Greg Schoen