The new species endemic to the marine protected area expanded by Obama was named in honor of his efforts to protect and preserve the natural environment.

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

Solar City and Tesla take the Kinks out of solar power with plenty of PowerPacks

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

Since before he started TreeHugger, Graham Hill has delivered the same message: sustainability can be beautiful and fun.

Many sunscreens contain chemicals that are devastating to sensitive coral and other marine life.

As if to say 'sorry,' Kilauea softens its fury by tossing shimmery green olivine to the humble humans below.

Masao Yoshida, one of the Fukushima 50 who stayed behind at the earthquake and tsunami-struck power plant after the other employees evacuated, has just died from esophageal cancer.

More than two years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the situation is worse than ever.

There are huge gains to be made by boosting efficiency. Even if we can never get to 100% because of the laws of physics, we could get much closer than we are now.

On Monday (Sunday locally), Japan switched off the last of its operating nuclear reactors and became 100% nuclear-free.

Tons of jellyfish clog a water intake pipe at the Oskarshamn power plant in Sweden, forcing operators to shut down the reactor.

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

MIT design cuts fusion reactor down to a size that would be more cost effective and could be built in five years

The number of wolves alone around Chernobyl is more than 7 times greater than can be found in other nature reserves.

Mushrooms and game meat in European regions where Chernobyl fallout was most intense still have excess radiation, but Burgundy truffles get the green light; foodies rejoice.

It's a job even too tough for robots.

Earlier research found evidence of a wildlife wonderland at the disaster site, now the first camera study validates an abundance of wolves, boars, foxes and more.

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.

Can a rare metal travel without a passport?

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

Celebrate this National Relaxation Day by doing a whole bunch of nothing too tasking.

A look at some recent posts on our sister site that might interest TreeHuggers.

And put away your phone if you are on vacation.

Also a look at smart phones for boomers and for refugees, and making the Raspberry Pi higher.

A look at our favorite posts from our sister site.

A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving

And a really nice solar decathlon winner.

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

Why are our cities being designed around the needs of the trucks instead of vice versa?

and lessons in management from Renaissance Florence

And dancing robots!

also: recycling in crisis, how we will live in 100 years.

From mislabelling to plastic contamination, eating fish isn't as safe or healthy as most diners would like to believe.

This young startup uses cellular agriculture to grow fish out of water -- delicious, nutritious, and cruelty-free.

Why does this not surprise me?

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.

The latest report on the state of the world's fisheries paints a depressing picture of the seafood industry.

Greenpeace's annual survey of national retailers' progress on sustainable seafood reveals the leaders and the losers.

Company higher-ups sold stocks while telling investors that everything was fine.

Scientists hope the technology that filmed it can make fishing more sustainable.

Nestle and Tesco are the latest members of a worldwide movement against abandoned fishing nets.

Scientists argue over whether some animals have the brains for suffering.

Instead of tossing it, fisheries should capture the protein and fat left in water and use it to feed humans and animals a second time around.

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

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.

The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification.

If it weren't for an added colorant, it would be grey or white like most of the other fish on display at the store.