According to a new study, if you're lonely, you're not alone.

We love little boxes!

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush

These specimens of the fungi world are both beautiful and strange.

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.

My favorite day of the year is a shadow of its former self.

Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.

If a country is a body, rivers are its arteries through which vital blood flows. We must revive our waterways before more damage is done.

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.

There are 1.2 million real ones, but most of it is all about the show.

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

They are still banned in Manhattan where they would be most useful. Why not ban parked cars instead?

LEDs were already cheap when you take into account how much money they save you on your electricity bill, but now this is just a no-brainer.

A representative of the industry says I shouldn't be picking on fiber glass. He's right.

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

The EPA has just released official "fuel economy" and range information for the BMW i3 100% electric car.

No "do the bright thing" for cars; instead, the BMW X6 designed to "look particularly menacing."

Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...

What is vinyl? Let's explore how this ubiquitous and versatile plastic is made, what its uses are, and all of its safety concerns.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

Is it possible to keep Kosher and still keep a vegan diet?

From oldest to tallest to most sacred and more, we present a brief who's-who of arboreal heros.

A sweeping new survey reveals that Americans on average have a surprising amount of leisure time.

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

Pigeons sure, but urban eagles and city vultures? A beautifully illustrated new book, Urban Aviary, spills their secrets.

Discover the once-gorgeous South Pacific island where all your plastic trash ends up.

Peaches top the list of most pesticide-ridden fruits, with some combination of up to 53 pesticides found on all the peaches in the study...yikes. With their relatively thin skin, peeling and washing can only do so much, so this one tops the list of fruits

"Eat organic," you hear, over and over again. But it can be tough to find organic versions of your favorite fruits and vegetables all the time, so, how do you know which are most important to eat organic?

Currently moored in London's St. Katharine Docks, this lovely modern houseboat is on the market for £290,000.

Not only is it Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday, but it's also an extra-special 8-digit palindrome day.

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

No gym required: From frequency and stride to what to do with your arms, here’s how to get the world's easiest fitness fix.

This tender, buttery, flaky crust is one of the easiest I've ever made, and also the most delicious.

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.

Concrete Week at the Guardian produces some hard truths.

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.

There is a lot of money to be made in the travel section. Should other media follow their example?

It's cow bliss at a dairy in Hertfordshire, England run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: On this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and

From the world's largest to ones that were here long before the Mayflower, these noble trees are nothing less than U.S. national treasures.

These foods can be used in many different recipes.