This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

A popular solution for deforestation has been to offer locals payments for NOT cutting down trees. But does this system actually work?

Woven in collaboration with an indigenous Amazonian people, this enormous sculpture invites visitors to enter a space for ritual and contemplation.

Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican rainforest is a fairly

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Is it doing the same for people?

A train that reportedly left a workshop yesterday failed to brake when entering a major station and crashed against the end-of-the-line barrier

An account of the events that led to the accident that killed 51 and injured 703 in Argentina and why its symbolism matters.

There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?

Though cotton yields initially doubled when GM cotton began being planted a decade ago, in the past six years yields have failed to increase even though planting has markedly increased.

Decommisioned parachutes are being transformed into lightweight rain harvesting systems to provide drinking water in semi-arid regions.

TreeHugger just keeps on having to eat its hat with these guys.

Indulging in a Western-style diet for 7 days impaired the brain function in healthy young people and made them want to overeat, researchers find.

He has encouraged people to pray for the following week, in attempt to bring rainfall. "Throughout our history,

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.

NASA finds that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out – here's why.

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

"It's just an amazing, amazing thing that people have done."

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.

From amaranth to wheat berries, here's how to cook grains that don't come with instructions.

Residents of the driest inhabited continent, Australia, have evidently been cottoning onto the fact that water means life and we need to be more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource. Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to

Droughts and possible water rationing have been in the news recently in California, Israel, Mexico, and Australia. As much of the water used is these regions is for watering gardens and lawns

Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.

A proposed office uses "climatic architecture" to cool the building by making it into a natural wind tunnel.

If you don't have an independent plant shop nearby, Bloomscape is the next best thing.

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.

We all know the palm oil industry has a horrible reputation for deforestation. The Rainforest Alliance, however, believes that change can happen from within and that sustainable palm oil production is attainable.

From frigid naps to diaperless infants to independence at a young age, it takes all kinds to raise the next generation - something that Americans would do well to remember.

DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's

A new study finds that ultra-fine particles increase the risk of brain cancer.

It's boxy, aluminum exterior hides a cushy bed, and a convenient galley kitchen -- all powered by the sun.

Emulating the same processes naturally found in rainforests, this prototype filters and cleans water of harmful pollutants.

I was walking through the rainforest and saw something odd.

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.

New report shows shocking amounts of coal pollution in U.S. waterways.

This NGO is doing wonderful work to bring sustainable tourism into the mainstream. It's time to start planning your next vacation!

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.

All the stuff I once viewed as clutter has become a precious resource for my socially-isolated family.

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.

This kind of trailer means you can eliminate the head-banging sleeping loft.

The new interpretive center has earned certification from the Sustainable Sites Initiative, and features a green roof planted with native prairie grasses.

Vacations By Rail offers several dreamy treks to Arctic regions to witness magical winter skies.

Or, why I am making my own raisins from now on.

This tiny home on wheels brings to mind an ornate Victorian train car ... and is on the market for $16,000.

Get your dark chocolate fix with less guilt. Balance Bar introduces a new energy bar featuring sustainably farmed cocoa beans.