(CNN) - A nonprofit based in San Francisco is using human hair and animal fur to help clean up oil spills. A standard way to clean up oil on land is to use mats made from polypropylene, a ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is pushing for art supply companies to stop selling paintbrushes made of badger fur. Much of this fur, such as that found in brushes at Blick Art ...

The fearsome mongoose. It can fight a cobra, kill a snake with one bite, and keep a farmer’s field clear of mice, rats, and insects. But to some in India, which is home to six species of the ...

As millions of gallons of oil float toward the Gulf Coast, tons of one eminently renewable — and absorbent — resource are being shipped in to stop it: hair. And pantyhose. At least 400,000 pounds of ...