Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.

New quarters are coming and they star FRUIT BATS!

The Japanese pursuit of shinrin-yoku uses trees and nature to heal oneself – here's how you can do it even in a park.

Bristol, UK, just keeps on popping up on Treehugger. Most recently we talked about the potentially ground breaking Transition City Bristol initiative, a community lead process to plan for peak oil, but as we noted then, it doesn’t end there. It’s also

The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover

Some moth species have evolved noise-cancelling abilities that are more efficient than today's sound engineering technology.

They're non-toxic, waterproof, and cute.

Fruits and vegetables last all winter with jams, fruit butter, marmalades, and pickled vegetables from new cookbook Home Canning by Janet Cooper.

A small survey by Bosch shows that U.S. homeowners feel guilty about wasting food, but need to change their habits.

House full of guests? These recipes will make your mornings go much smoother.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

The batteries could provide back-up power for small solar power systems.

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.

Install and forget about these induction powered lights from Denmark.

COBE architects are turning charging time into quality time.

The already tense battle over mining in Inner Mongolia has erupted further after a Mongolian herder was run over by a coal truck and killed while trying to block the

A bit of weekend prep work goes a long way.

From preserved lemons and scrap scarves to flavored salts and bath melts, these handmade gifts can be made en masse for everyone on your list.

The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road.

This could take a lot of smelly gas mopeds off the road.

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

Did you know the countdown for Halloween coincides with Bat Week? An annual, international celebration of the role of bats in nature, Bat Week is in flight Oct. 24—31, 2018.

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.

A new process for seeing how electricity flows at the surface of electrodes will give a boost to efforts to improve rechargeable batteries

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.

Here's a bright idea for alternative energy -- a megabattery to smooth the peaks and troughs for a reliable power grid

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?

Something my friend told me the other day made me rethink the plastic straw debate.

Gord Baird and Ann Baird have written the definitive guide.

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

Since 2006, bat populations in the northeastern United States have been decimated by a mysterious condition known as "white-nose syndrome." Caused by a fungus,

A lesson in loving flying nocturnal mammals.

photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr White nose syndrome, a disease caused by exposure to a particular fungus, first discovered in 2006, has been afflicting bats in the eastern United States and appears to be spreading. Considering that it's

At the edge of the Amazon, a remote tribe suffers a plague of rabies spread by desperate vampire bats. It sounds like the plot from a bad B-movie, but the reality is far more grim: More than 500 people have been

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy "Bat Tower" being built to draw the pest-fighting pollinators to the area.

New York's brown bat continues to be hard hit by White Nose Syndrome (WNS). WNS is named for the white fungus that eats bat tissues and wakes the bats prematurely from hibernation. WNS has been

If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie Jeremijenko, is a

The filming of a Sylvester Stallone movie in a Bulgarian cave has dramatically reduced the animals' numbers, bat experts say.

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.

White nose syndrome has decimated bat populations on the East Coast. Now scientists believe the disease, which is spreading, may have been worse than previously imagined.

Wind power is not just a Danish success story - Swedish wind is growing leaps and bounds. But the bats may suffer, so the Swedes are trying to impose 'bat happy hour'

In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.

A study of the impact of small residential wind turbine installations on local wildlife populations shows a potential loss of habitat for bats and a steep reduction in activity around the units.

One architect creates a series of intriguing artificial habitats for threatened bat populations.

Dig out those old da Vinci drawings of winged flying machines, as he was really on to something!

When a bird charity installs a wind turbine, they're going to do it right.

The Echo Meter can detect, record and identify the sounds of bats nearby.

Tiny houses aren't just for people; bats can be comfy and warm in them too.

Did you know that Bat Week takes place every year, October 24–31? The time is set aside to raise awareness of the many contributions that bats make to the planet and encourage conservation of bat species.