Three new private preserves have opened in Peru to buffer existing national parks. Is this the sign of a new trend?

Designer Michelle Sheppard creates sustainable garments with a connection to cultural traditions.

With news that Southwest is allowing mini horses on flights, here's what to know about these petite equine wonders.

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users.

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.

A landmark report released by The Nature Conservancy has demonstrated that effective conservation measures - far from simply benefiting the local biota - can also help alleviate poverty. The study, co-authored by Nature Conservancy policy advisor

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

A design for a rolling, folding, flatpack everything-in-one-place portable kitchen.

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.

Vegans will love this cookbook that has grown out of a popular Indian food blog. Now it's possible to enjoy classics like tofu-paneer in spinach and chicken-free balti.

A new study finds 3 carnivores that usually avoid each other at all costs have found smart ways to peacefully co-exist. #goals

The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days.

The rating system is attacked in 2012 for its 2002 standard and the timing couldn't be worse.

The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city

Data is not just for the internet giants; using remote laser-sensing technology, it can generate lovely maps of a river's long-past history too.

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

A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it's possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals.

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

It's got all three: low transportation energy, low embodied carbon, low operating energy.

It runs the full width of the car. What could possibly be the problem?

The Michigan basin has extensive shale gas reserves, yet it is not a political issue for Democrats or Republicans. Why?

In previous posts in this series we've focused on

Looking beyond traditional recyclables and the "blue bin", here are some of the organizations and companies seeking to redefine what we consider trash with alternative recycling initiatives and methods of reuse.

The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third.

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

"For the US in 2006, online data centres accounted for 1.5 percent of the entire country's electricity use - equating to more than the entire state of Massachusetts. " View the chart up close...Really interesting facts/stats! Image via GDS Digital via

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

There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The

Australian researchers used LIDAR, the aerial laser technology, to rediscover the city of Mahendraparvata in Cambodia.

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

The overhaul now includes the Voyager feature for deep exploration, not just satellite views.

The newfound aquifer contains enough water to quench Kenya for decades to come.

This little solar powered device can take the guesswork out of SODIS water treatment, showing when the resulting water is safe to drink.

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.

Kelp isn't just for eating; this designer is experimenting with the fast-growing, large algae for lighting.

With science pointing to all the pitfalls of sugar on human health and longevity, I have ever more reason to curb desserts and hidden sugars. Sadly, "reason" lacks in my vocabulary during the holidays. On

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

Deserts are hot, dry, and unforgiving -- which makes them difficult environments for most creatures to survive in. But desert residents who have adapted to the temperatures -- by learning to survive without water, developing their own cooling systems, and

The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover

From Wangaari Maathai's Billion Tree campaign to lush permaculture landscapes in Jordan, we've seen how individuals and communities can reverse desertification and bring life back to arid soils. Now a new dramatized documentary

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

Cooling a data center in one of the hottest parts of the USA can be done by using hot water, as eBay's Phoenix facility finds.

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.