Famed architect Renzo Piano completes a self-sustaining micro-home named Diogene.

Animals at Australia's Mogo Zoo were saved from wildfires by savvy staff.

75 percent of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, meaning they originated in animals. Here are 10 to be aware of and which animals carry them.

As a partnership with a nonprofit that provides shelter to homeless families goes to show, Amazon's takeover of downtown Seattle isn't without altruism.

Amazon.com may be offering new eco-friendly shipping options to its customers if it capitalizes on a new patent.

Meet Don DiCostanzo, the entrepreneur behind Pedego electric bikes. Find out what he thinks about President Obama, e-bikes in bike lanes, and the way to a green

There is no doubt, digital books are here to stay. The original Kindle, which started shipping in November 2007, was a wake up call to the publishing world.

The 'Quakebook' project, a gripping Twitter-sourced charity eBook filled with first-hand accounts of life after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan

Amazon on Thursday said ebooks, or Kindle books, have begun outselling print books for the first time in the company’s history.

The online retailer's new 'Election Heat Map' uses book-sales data to reveal a widespread Republican streak among its American customers.

So far, the apes are using 10 different apps, including cognitive games, drawing programs and ones that feature virtual musical instruments.

The debate continues about whether mobile technology is creating the most advanced generation ever or a society of uncultured automatons.

An ultra-low emission zone for London by 2020.

If the whispers about Amazon are true, the few independents still left should be afraid, very afraid.

This EarthEcho Expedition takes an in-depth look at dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay — and hopes to get kids involved in finding the answer.

The U.S. representative fighting for her life after a weekend shooting has been an advocate for many issues, including the environment.

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is nearing record-breaking size again, scientists say.

Best-Ever Pluto Photos Show Breathtaking Views of Dwarf Planet

Amazon's Farmers Market Direct program brings farmers extra business while delivering produce picked by a personal shopper to your doorstep.

Local young people are leaving the wetlands for jobs in cities partly because the Dead Zone is eradicating the Gulf of Mexico’s shrimp supplies.

Deforestation is occurring so fast in the Brazilian Amazon that three football fields worth of tree cover are lost every minute.

Officials are worried that a group of people in the Amazon who had been living in isolation from the outside world may have contracted the flu.

CBS EcoMedia's Paul Polizzotto says his biggest business influence has been the ocean.

I briefly lived with hunter-gatherers in the rainforest, where a couple visiting tourists did something very unexpected.

The breeding of these extremely rare, enormous insects is one of the most inspiring stories in the history of conservation.

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. president, had a menagerie that included everything from dogs and bears to rodents and a one-legged rooster.

The Azores archipelago off the coast of Portugal is home to some of the most gorgeous — and most plentiful — hydrangeas in the world.

Carrizo Plain — hot and dry for much of the year — is a diverse, bountiful but fragile ecosystem.

The human brain hasn't caught up to the technology of video conferencing yet.

The hole over Antarctica is slowly healing, but research suggests the ozone layer is thinning at lower latitudes.

Geologists studying the phenomenon say the fissure is likely a reflection of aquifer depletion.

By giving away free bananas in Seattle, Amazon is disrupting local businesses.

Beijing turns to Brazil to make up for its shortfall in U.S.-grown soya beans.

47 animals were saved after a daring mission to a zoo in the Gaza Strip.

The zoo had been trying for 10 years to encourage pandas Ying Ying and Le Le to mate. All it took was a coronavirus lockdown.

Historic floods and relentless storms are expected to boost the dead zone up to 15 percent larger than ever before, experts say.

Is Amazon Prime eco-friendly or wasteful? Does the ease of free, one-click shipping outweigh the potential environmental costs?

The black rhino calf appears healthy and is nursing regularly, according to zoo officials.

Penguins are getting a chance to explore facilities that are closed to human visitors due to COVID-19.

Bats don't pose an unusual risk among mammals, research suggests, and bat viruses we do get often rely far more on us than bats.

From red tides in the Atlantic to hypoxia in the Gulf, algae seems to be invading the U.S. from all sides.

The FCA has asked up to 300 firms to provide financial information on client money, staff furlough, debt and cash.

However CB Insights said that Amazon acting as more than a distributor in the home market was “unlikely”.

aStore by Amazon is a new Associates product that enables you to create a professional online store that can be embedded within or linked to from your website in minutes and without any programming knowledge.

Has the United States lost it's basic principle of morality? Has the United States moved away from the guiding principles that this country was founded on? In this article, I will address these and other questions, with the hope that by examining these issues, we can as a society, move in a direction our founding fathers had envisioned.

Unique suspension system brings new lightweight innovations to the portable hammock market.

The Infinityfit Sports Armband is fully compatible with Iphone 5/5S/5C. It is light and comfortable, made of high quality neoprene material and also comes with a key pocket, reflective strip and a plastic transparent screen protector.

Call for presenters and sessions is now open for the 14th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference which will take place at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport Hotel emphasizing the theme "Preservation NEXT."

Featured speakers for the 14th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference will include internationally-renown historic preservation experts Mark Hall-Patton from "Pawn Stars" and Tom Capp from Gorman & Company, Inc.