The quintessential image of a tropical paradise, the palm tree is much more significant than you might think. Here are 10 things you may not know about palms.

Researchers in Costa Rica are studying the vocalizations of Alston's singing mice to learn more about human speech.

The company's stock is in high gear, its sales exceed expectations and two new models are coming. Tesla is disruptive for sure, but not trouble-free.

There are so many bad ideas about how to achieve great skin. Here are 5 ways to get on the right track.

Kazakhstan's Altyn Emel, a newly named UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, home to deserts, forests and floodplains — and a giant sand dune that sings.

Healthy lifestyle education will be the focus of the company's first luxury resort in Texas.

Marrying ultra-efficiency, altruism and, most importantly, affordability, Green Planet Group and GE break ground on Eco Village at Dunedin, a net-zero energy to

Yoga studios around the country are scrambling to add daytime classes for kids to meet the demands of home-school families.

A year ago, it seemed that the construction of a 1,700-mile pipeline connecting northern Alberta with the United States was all but a certainty. Now, it feels l

Poll numbers show that if wind would run for office in Wisconsin, it would beat almost all major candidates already elected to office.

Insect song, when slowed down dramatically, sounds otherworldly, but also human.

Prepare to be blown away by these pint-sized pop stars singing hit tunes by Adele and Beyonce. Their voices are bigger than they are!

This public art project in Aalborg is a lesson on creative use of public space.

The quirky cover of Christmas tunes was designed to to highlight the importance of goats in poverty-stricken societies.

As exploration increases, employees often find themselves without adequate or affordable housing.

More evidence of global warming in Peru, as Huacan glacier collapses into lake.

A powerful earthquake in Alaska sent towering waves up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall crashing down on Hawaii about 500 years ago

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr

New York City unveils a disaster housing plan centered around retrofitted shipping containers that boast interiors that are like 'CB2 meets Motel 6' and that ar

Architect Zaha Hadid is "touring around" a prefab concept with musician/design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.

Snow and near sub-zero temps didn't prevent a horde of prefab admirers — including this blogger — from welcoming Breezehouse to the East Coast.

Despite the unfortunate acronym, the London Original Loft (LOL) proposal cleverly repurposes unused railway viaduct arches into cave-like residences.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

A messy winter storm is moving across the eastern half of the United States, threatening to delay holiday travel.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

Most of the methane that humans emit comes from natural gas, landfills, coal mining and manure management, but methane is almost everywhere and it comes from so

U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

Shipping containers can be transformed into a variety of innovative homes and hotels.

Jadav Payeng single-handedly turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem.

Business as usual is destroying our lives and the environment.

Two new video campaigns by Greenpeace are brave and forthright in making their point, but do they go too far?

Communications Wireless Group works with business owners to recycle, refurbish, and reuse old wireless devices while maintaining a zero-landfill policy.

Unity College students settle into TerraHaus, the sustainability-focused Maine institution's new residence hall that's built to stringent, super-efficient Passi

Is a bill that treats homelessness as a medical condition flawed? Or is it just what the doctor ordered?

Drinking straws are one item that's days are numbered as Ikea vows to eliminate throwaway plastic products from its product range and in-store eateries.

Many countries, states and municipalities are getting serious about reducing the use of plastic bags, utensils and containers.

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee is seeking feedback from small business owners and entrepreneurs.

President Obama joined CEA Chairman Austan Goolsbee at the "Winning the Future" Forum on Small Business in Cleveland.

From sustainability as a means of innovation to envisioning a prosperous, peaceful future free of oil, coal and nuclear energy, these five books are taking care

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.

From pistachio shell-powered eco-cities to tiny houses on the moon, this spring certainly wasn't short on starry-eyed intrigue and bold ambition.

Pigs are smart, emotional animals that have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. In the Year of the Pig, here are some surprising pig facts.

From Ikea to Walmart, corporations are increasingly interested in generating their own power. Where does that leave utilities?

For starters, it's more energy efficient than a standard door that swings.

Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

You can reduce the amount of waste you create without much effort.

There are lots of labels designed to make you think you're buying better food. Are they reliable?

Recurrent sheens of oil in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill have baffled researchers.

The energy-services giant will plead guilty to destroying evidence after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Scientists propose dropping poison to kill mice on the Farallon Islands, but there's concern that wildlife and water quality will suffer.