Since the first Earth Day 40 years ago, America has become a cleaner, safer, more beautiful place with less pollution, more pristine rivers, fewer people littering, and many endangered species rescued from the brink. Here are 40 successes in 40 years since the first Earth Day -- an anniversary timeline.
When Joshua Bass posed for his third-grade school picture, he thought it would be just another yearbook photo-- little did he know that a very special someone was sneaking into the shot behind him.
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but give a man a new bass boat you've just won, and everyone will give you a standing ovation.
Lake Tahoe is the clearest it has been in 10 years, said U.C. Davis researchers last week.
Are kids today becoming sedentary and obese because of a heightened desire for video games, or because their inborn desire to run free in the neighborhood has been squashed by overly fearful parents? Simply letting kids "off-leash" more often, freeing them up to (literally) run around on their own without constant direct adult supervision would be an excellent way to encourage exercise.
China will ban water-polluting paper mills, oil refineries, pesticide producers and other industrial plants by the end of 2016, as it moves to tackle severe pollution of the country's water supply.
She had always planned to go to college, but when her father died while she was in high school, she took a job to support the family. At 22, her selflessness was rewarded.
Your smartphone could save your life before disaster strikes. Researchers are turning smartphones and social media into early warning systems for earthquakes and floods.
A 16-year-old girl from Istanbul, Turkey spent two years perfecting a plastic created from banana peels, substituting fruit waste for the typical petroleum base. On Thursday, Elif Bilgin's idea paid off when Scientific American named her the winner of its $50,000 Science in Action prize.
A compassionate cat named Radamenes has become the mascot of a Polish shelter and a devoted nurse to all its patients.
After a heartfelt adoption plea to a church in 2013, a 16-year-old boy's prayers were finally answered–by a woman who was there all along, his social worker.
You may not be able to put a price on happiness, but a $70,000 a year minimum wage might take your mind off your problems. A young Seattle CEO is willing to give it a try -- and he's cutting his own salary to pay for it.
It's been said that you never know when CPR will come in handy–including minutes after you've just learned it. A 10 year-old girl is glad she learned it.
30-40 million pounds of fresh produce were being thrown into landfills at the US border because it was too scarred, too ripe, or too small. Yolanda Soto found a solution.
The most fortuitous thing happened when I met an out-of-town friend in Washington, DC. We stumbled upon Ford's Theater on the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination.
For years, all 4-year-old Sophia White has dreamed about was building a snowman. Her Maryland neighborhood never got snow, until her grandfather hauled down a truckload from New England.
If doctors had a way to easily spot the difference between cancer and indigestion, it could save thousands of lives. A new breath test device shows promise.
For a small girl, Caydence has defied long odds, born a hole in her heart. Mogie is the hospital pooch that put a smile back on this 4-yr-old's face.
It's Tax Day in the US today, a time when stress mounts so much that it becomes almost dangerous to be on the road. Fortunately, there is something you can do to better cope with tax-time panic.
A New Mexico woman's engagement didn't work out, but instead of selling her diamond ring, she gave it to a deserving couple dealing with cancer. Video