Some plants help each other enormously, while others hinder their neighbors – use this cheat sheet to ensure harmony in the vegetable plot.

From watering needs to ideal temperatures, here's what to know to help your indoor plants survive the cooler months.

Roll over everything and get on and off easily on this powerful fatbike.

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

Declawing cats often leads to long-term pain and unwanted behaviors.

Our photo of the day comes from the watery wilds of Wilsons Promontory in southern Australia.

This home has been redesigned to feel much more spacious, and connected to its surroundings.

About one in six men in the United States are fathers. That’s more than 70 million dads . It can be tempting to focus their Father’s Day on finding the perfect camping gadget, the best new fishing rod, or the latest hiking gear.

They can dilute the wild varieties, threatening their existence.

Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the US Pacific Command says that the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region is climate change.

New research reveals that the plant's shimmering blue leaves allow it to survive in the dim rainforest floors of southeast Asia.

Somehow, beauty and hope for the future are found amid the wreckage of war.

Bright pops of yellow, orange and neutral wood cabinetry warm up this small apartment renovation in Moscow.

This family's self-built tiny house is part of a small off-grid homestead out in Maui.

In an effort to improve kids' opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.

Storing solar energy for when the sun doesn't shine or wind power for a calm day costs too much. But that could all be changing.

If you love knitting and even just like mushrooms, these creations will be addictive.

more images below Matteria, good design+smart materials online store, suggest a spicy Christmas this year, without forgetting the environment. Apart from the gorgeous cork advent candle holder, the cosy Finnish red felt slippers, and giftbags to spoil

Having grown up in Connecticut’s ‘burbs, I know just how difficult it can be trying to live green there when the nearest grocery market can be a 25 minute drive away. My observations of one of the state’s wealthiest parts (Fairfield County) have felt

Coppiced wood and fungi become one in this collection of conceptual furniture.

If you are tired ot dragging home a live tree and having it shed its pine needles through your home as it dies, look no further. All this tree takes is your love, and the books from your bookshelf.

45 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

50 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?

Yesterday Mike reported on the use of mushrooms to break down disposable diapers, and the day before I posted a video of how mushrooms can clean up pollution, kill pests and recycle

In the fight against one of the honey bee’s nemesis, the varroa mite, scientists have found an ally in a widely-distributed mushroom.

I respond to a recent viral article hating on digital nomads.

"Since the mid-90s, levels of crude protein in the plants, which cattle need to grow, have dropped by nearly 20 percent."

Blending ground beef with mushrooms cuts both calories and carbon emissions. Oh, and lots of folks say it tastes better too.

After breaking into a game reserve to hunt rhinos, not much was left of the three poachers.

Big surprises can come in little packages - and that's what I found when I visited Winthrop University during my book tour stop at the school. The campus is located just south of Charlotte, NC in

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.

Gord Baird and Ann Baird have written the definitive guide.

President Obama’s State of the Union speech takes aim at climate change deniers.

iGEM team encourages 'materials activists' to build their own biodegradable drones with downloadable do-it-yourself plans.

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

The biomix-infused suit helps break down a body, while neutralizing toxins and boosting plant growth.

Jacob Scherr of NRDC (a group that helped write the Agenda 21 document) looks at the success that the conspiracy theorists are having.

How to get away from it all while you take it all with you.

Got a froggy "city throat"? It might be from metal particles emitted from braking cars and trucks.

Yes, it's National Bike Month. What's even better - it's National Bike Year, and Maybe National Bike Decade. Here's Three Ways to Up Your Cycling Enjoyment

At yök we do not only work hard to save energy, but also water. According to Airbnb, guests in Europe renting a home use 45% less water than when staying in a hotel. But there is more to a bathroom than saving water; materials also play an important role

A new study finds that it is unlikely that infected patients are shedding the virus through their tears.

Behold the delicious treasures of the citrus peel; here's how to get the best of the zest.

In this age of consumerism, particularly around the holiday season, sometimes its easy to forget that the things we've used the longest often have the most value to us -- but the virtues of reuse just seem come naturally to some

Real Christmas trees - the ones you go out and cut down yourself, are a growth industry, says SF Gate. That's because young adults are flocking to u-cut tree lots, out for the experience and the family time that Christmas-tree

I have to admit I'm a bit the green grinch of the family: I really can't stand all the mindless consumption over the holidays, and I'm always pushing the buy nothing concept. I don't even have a Christmas tree.

Devastating forest fires in the area haven't kept Haifa, Israel, from being able to put up a massive Christmas tree in the center of town. It helps, of course, that the tree is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles -- 5,480 of them.

Once all the gifts have been opened, all the feasting done, all the toasts made, the time will soon come to figure out what the heck to do with the Christmas tree around which so

Trivia challenge: how many years can you run London with the power used on Christmas lights?