Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida because of the cold; here’s what to do if you find one.

A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer.

Aedas designs a railway station like a hill you can walk on.

This stylish and durable trailer looks like a cross between a mini-Airstream and a horse trailer, and has a kitchen in the back.

In this tog-eat-tog world, the future of fashion—let alone that of green fashion—lies entirely in the industry's chameleon-like ability to reinvent itself. Take Italian outerwear company Allegri, for example. Although better known

The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.

Smart cities are not a panacea, and the New York Times is on it.

They actually might in certain cases, using off-peak power at peak times.

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

Yet another reason to skip the escalator/elevator and hoof it instead.

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.

From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.

Soon you'll be able to see hardened lava flows, rainforests and beaches up close without leaving your house.

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.

He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.

Written by one of my favorite bloggers, this new book will inspire and guide readers to instill a love for nature in their children.

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This bowl-like, double-roof design helps to collect rainwater before it evaporates, and also provides more shade for buildings in arid regions.

This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony?

Greenpeace has taken some of the most popular outdoor gear to a lab in order to measure concentration of PFCs. What it found is disturbing.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

"Brains: The Mind as Matter" at the Wellcome Collection features 150 objects including real brains, anatomical models and artworks, and more.

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

They are light and efficient and easy to tow.

Torrey Trust, owner of Surf eCo, wanted to do more to protect the oceans and the environment so she opened up her own surf school that teaches kids young and old about the environment while helping them catch a few waves. Located in Encinitas, CA,

Perhaps we are getting carried away with all this Smart City Talk; Amanda O’Rourke thinks so.

Survey finds that drivers with a few "smart" features in their cars take a lot more risks.

Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems

The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars

At a time when excessive pressures on the earth's land and water resources are of growing concern, there is a massive new demand emerging for cropland to produce fuel for cars--one that threatens world food

After several decades of Lrapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.

Well, this is pretty clever. If you're enticed by the idea of having fresh eggs straight from the backyard, but are not sure if you're ready to commit, RentTheChicken.com lets you rent some chickens!

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

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For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

Hydrogen trains are now running in Germany. But are they really green and do they make any sense?

A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times

Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.

If you've trained a dog well, then you'll probably be fine when it comes to raising infants and young children.

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch.

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that looks like? Here's an unforgettable way to imagine it - fill up a subway train with the equivalent amount of apples, and release it onto the