HD TVs serve as a sort of visual bridge between a British reserve and the tropical rain forest.

Workers fled the leaking gas well hours before it caught fire, once again shedding light on the Gulf of Mexico's risky relationship with offshore drilling.

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

As construction begins on a 32-story prefab tower here in the U.S., Broad Sustainable Building Corp. is preparing for a similar project in China that will resul

The flashy and fancy new breed of ice fishing shacks are extravagant enough to make grandpa drop his hand auger in disbelief.

The gorgeously illustrated "Prefabulous World" highlights some of the most cutting-edge, eco-friendly modular homes in the world.

The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a record high in 2011, the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Tuesday,

Christine Ren's "Silent Killers" uses stunning visuals to draw attention to a net-buyback program to keep our seas cleaner for wildlife.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Ambitious, ill-prepared petroleum industry eyes the Gulf, the Arctic, the heartland.

PVC puts out a lot of nasty stuff when it burns, and it's probably still in the soot.

The 2014 farm bill removed some of the barriers to growing hemp. Humboldt Distillery ran with it.

Web site and mobile app help you find the lowest gas prices in your area.

The newly identified species weaves silky air chambers to survive high tide.

Daniel Ballou separates the working parts from the heavy parts to make a speaker system out of concrete blocks.

But there are things you can do if you find a big 4K TV under the tree.

Our food blogger and her family find plenty of sustainable choices to munch on high above the New York City streets.

You can still enjoy seafood, but make sure you buy sustainable, low-mercury options.

The chlorine originates in sea salt and may have a role in climate change.

Babies whose moms lived within a mile of crops treated with widely used pesticides were more likely to develop autism, according to new research.

At the height of S’mores season, protesters are leaving cards with QR codes near Hershey’s chocolate products in stores to alert shoppers of the problems wi

Headset was designed to help assist and enrich navigation for the visually impaired.

If your taste buds demand bacon, but the price is straining your food budget, try a recipe that uses just a little bacon but brings a lot of bacon flavor.

Find out how this stand-up comedian, writer and entrepreneur found his dream job.

In large part to gas wells and cow farms, the United States is spewing 50 percent more methane than regulators thought.

Should we be worried, or is it OK to keep drinking (for now)?

Cousteau announced a partnership with AdvisorShares Investments to leverage the might of Wall Street to finance solutions of global problems.

Vijay Brihmadesam, one of the minds behind Tava Indian Kitchen, has mastered the tasty and convenient fast-food market.

The mail subscription service combines high-tech analytics and personal stylists to send women clothes they'll love.

This traditional beverage has many health benefits, including a possible blood sugar lowering effect.

Study participants on higher doses of statins were 15 percent more likely to develop diabetes than those on lower doses.

Generosity may depend on a person's humility, says new study.

Critics of the Via Verde project in Mexico City argue that making a busy beltway more aesthetically pleasing only encourages motorists to keep driving.

Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results.

Why move to the woods when you can live in a tower that doubles as a coniferous forest?

Located in the rural town of Brumunddal in Norway, Mjøsa Tower nabs the title of world's tallest wooden building.

When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life.

'Tis the season for Cabin Porn and 200-page treatises on Norwegian wood chopping technique.

The bestseller’s flawed climate arguments show that maverick heroes aren’t right about everything.

Video clips from the great Copenhagen march for the climate.

Chinese government offers high-speed rail expertise to U.S. projects.

Say goodbye to the lumbering old Crown Vic, the new generation of Ford police cars can go from a stop to 100 mph in 14.5 seconds.

Thousands of people support Nicola Thorp, the London receptionist who wrote a petition asking for change in dress code laws.

Virginia school system celebrates the students who are heading for careers instead of going to college.

Coca-Cola teams up with Tokyo-based design studio Nendo to release a collection of gorgeous recycled glass tableware dubbed, most fittingly, Bottleware.

Plan on roughing it as part of the Great American Backyard Campout later this month? Don't leave behind your flask, flashlight.

Humans seem to be causing 'a radical shift in the living architecture of the planet,' researchers say.

You may think of butterflies simply as colorful garden pollinators, but there's so much more to these beautiful insects!

The jaguar crept past a camera trap set up to record the elusive cats in a French Guiana rainforest.

Photographer Chris Perani painstakingly combines thousands of exposures to create each individual image.