What do you get if you cross an octopus with an elephant? Well, in reality, probably nothing but a squashed octopus. But with its elephant-like appearance, it's easy to see why this odd creature, found more than a mile beneath the ocean,

Herbs are very aromatic. When herbs are hanging on the kitchen walls to dry,the kitchen smells wonderful. Everyone is getting their house ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.Herbs are a wonderful way to decorate

Aside from the everyday efforts you make to help the environment, such as recycling or taking the bus, wouldn't it be great if you could be well-paid to help the planet? As it happens, many environmental jobs pay around $30 an hour or more

Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.

I keep bees at my home here in Montana, and each year we use some of the honey from our hives to make mead. Not many drinks can boast the long and illustrious history of mead -- most likely the first fermented beverage known. When honey combines with wate

Analysts state that the World Wide Web is the largest consumer of electricity in the world; it can be seen from the numerous data centers and servers, required to keep the Internet up and running, operating every single second of the day. But the web is

This might be the thickest, most huggable rug you'll ever set foot on--and you can make it yourself in just a couple of hours. It's fashioned from four or five thrift-store wool sweaters, which are washed and dried until the wool shrinks into a dense, fuz

Cows mutilated, fed unnatural diets, and crowded into filthy enclosures where they endure injury, stress, and disease. Piglets separated from their mothers and crammed into dirty concrete pens where they will never see sunlight or breathe fresh air.

Fall-blooming native plants offer food for wildlife and a feast for the eyes; no matter where in the country you live, there are good species to choose from

There are some natural plants which can fight pollution inside the house, which many people are not aware about. Instead they unnecessarily try to clean their houses using vacuum cleaners and cleaning solutions which are harmful and costly.