The headline is Cracked's way of saying that humans have introduced invasive species to places where they wrecked the ecosystem. Some of these were accidental; others were caused by the silliest of reasons. In the late...

You gotta plant some hands to grow some palm trees. - @PaulyPeligroso...

In 1966, a beluga whale swam the wrong way up the...  ...way up the Rhine -and wound up paving the way for environmental reform in Germany. When World War II finally c...  ...this "economic miracle" was wreaking havoc on the environment . Careless mining and manufacturing turned the Rhi...  ...plan all along...

They say if you put your ear up to a Shell gas station, you can hear the BP oil spill in the ocean. - @YourFavWhiteGuy...

The current tallest wooden building in the world i...  ...garden").  The building will further protect the environment and public health through use of local resources,...  ...n. The LifeCycle Tower will have plenty of other environment

An article at the Guardian makes the point that the trend of screw top caps replacing wine corks may endanger the few remaining cork tree orchards as farmers move to more profitable crops. Along the way, we get a fascina...

If you think that going "green" is going to save the Earth, think again. It turns out that eco-conscious people are more likely to overconsume, thanks to human nature:Lucas Davis, an energy economist at the Uni...

One way to keep oil from the Gulf of Mexico from c...  ...t a memo on June 9 outlining his idea to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which would have to approve an...

Here on land, we undertake great engineering proje...  ...er marine mammals may therefore be among the most environmentally beneficial animals on the planet. "If Southern...

Great news. Scientists finally invent a car engine that uses water. Unfortunately the water has to come from the Gulf of Mexico. - @brendonsinclair...