Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when a museum of African American history opens on the National Mall.

Illegal dumping of E-waste in London steps into the spotlight in an upcoming episode of the BBC show Inside Out . Treehugger reports: BBC's Inside Out describes the feature thus: London's passion for new TVs and electrical gadgets is having repercussions thousands of miles away. To avoid paying for proper disposal in the UK, criminals ship containers of electrical waste and illegally dump it in ...

As the Peoria Zoo sees signs of spring, officials let Scout, Cody, Tanna and Maude out to play in the grass and bask under the sun.   The four colobus monkeys were released from their heated dayroom Wednesday morning.   "Colobus takes time to get comfortable on the ground," said Dawn Petefish, curator for collections at the zoo.   With the temperature climbing to 65 degrees Wednesday, the zoo ...