Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

It's a big step forward for the high-tech timber industry.

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

This winter-proofed van is now home to two engineers who love the outdoors.

Images courtesy of Quiet Hero. Quiet Hero, a San Diego based clothing company sprang onto the scene in 2007 and has not stopped running. Their tshirts are quickly gaining interest in boutiques across the US. With themes like "Art you can ride a tiger

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

Ordinary humans can see about 1 million colors, but thanks to a genetic mutation, this artist can see an estimated 100 million colors.

In exchange for cultivating someone else's backyard for a year, this activist is experimenting with an increasingly simpler lifestyle, documented step-by-step online.

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.

Wired News chats with environmental economist Paul Hawken about his latest book, how PBS is turning another into a 17-part TV series, and how he is organizing the environmental movement through a collection of wikis. We've excerpted some choice

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.

Although heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the US, many don't recognize the symptoms of a heart attack.

When I stumbled across some of da Vinci's favorite vegetarian recipes, I knew I had to try them. Here's how it went...

Forget friends and family! Without the traditional meal, it feels like any old dinner party.

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.

The River Thames has inspired artists throughout the ages; here's a modern take on it.

This fake fight has a good cause.

Rivers are people too, you know.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

Phil Levin thinks it will change real estate completely; Christian Wolmar thinks it is ludicrous tech nerd fantasy.

They want to build beacons into bikes. Will implants in pedestrians be next?

Judging from what I am reading all over the political map, I suspect that autonomous cars are the new Juiceroo.

A recent patent shows some of the thinking about fully autonomous cars, which might look nothing like cars do now.

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.

In which we learn a new and useful word: techno-chauvinism.

We are wasting too much time, energy and money on autonomous vehicles. We know what to do and it's not AVs.

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign

Here's a one-stop green guide to traveling in San Jose, from hotels to a night on the town.

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."

This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.

When rob Hopkins watched "An Inconvenient Truth", he vowed never to fly again. When he watched "Chasing Ice", he decided to get back on a plane. Here's why.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

Global Citizen changed the lyrics to include a strong anti-food waste message, and the result is both entertaining and informative.

So you want to save the world, do you? Let's get one thing straight.

We often ask the question "Why buy when you can rent?" but we never thought of this.

Sharing resources and renting just what you need is green, but not much of a business model.

UC Berkeley’s new robot is the most vertically agile robot ever built – why is it so unnerving?

Aiming to raise awareness about e-waste recycling, this photographer used 4,100 pounds of e-waste in these futuristic scenes.

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."