The opening of Colorado's pot emporiums has led to a stained relationship between landlords and those looking to puff in the privacy of their apartments.

Ireland's national investment fund will sell all investments in coal, oil, gas and peat as soon as possible.

Conservationists are hoping for a Christmas (Island) miracle.

The first release of moths with genetically-engineered "self-destruct" switches onto American farms is being heralded as an insecticide-free solution to pests.

Citing a need to protect native species, this New Zealand town is proposing an all-out cat ban.

The Beagle 2 Mars lander is clearly visible in new photos from NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in orbit around the Red Planet.

The Arctic island has a fair amount in common with the Red Planet, at least on its surface.

Mars' Korolev crater is a well-preserved crater permanently filled with ice.

'Mad Men' star turns contemporary detective in 'Top of the Lake'.

New Zealand residents are not happy that their pristine water may be exported for bottled water. The company that wants to export it doesn't want it to go to wa

Trees in Vermont and New Hampshire are becoming stressed and are producing less syrup.

This 12-year program in Finland inspires troubled kids to reach for their dreams.

Woodland hawks, attracted by the songbirds that love backyard feeders, are thriving in cities.

Paul Williams' landmark 28th Street YMCA in South L.A. emerges from a LEED Gold restoration project, historically significant identity still intact.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

Researchers say the giant tsunami occured in the Cape Verde Islands 73,000 years ago.

Unexplained natural phenomena, which is regularly observed in the aftermath of quakes, occurred during last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

A drone has found a vast catshark nursery on the seafloor west of Ireland, say scientists with the SeaRover survey.

The extremely rare South Pacific island is one of three new islands to form in the last 150 years.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

Helsinki is experimenting with a plan to match people with rides, making cars unnecessary.

Automaker networks are vulnerable to guys with laptops, and it's not an isolated problem.

With the Living Building Challenge now under its belt, the facility is being heralded as one of the greenest buildings in the world.

In a once iffy stretch of East Oakland, Tassafaronga Village stands as a model of affordable green housing done right.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.

Finn the conservation dog was trained to sniff out pesky rabbits, and in the process he protect native plants and threatened Humboldt penguins.

As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on the budget deal, it's interesting to see what noteworthy cuts will be made to the environment.

A plan to protect more than 11 million acres of land in the American West has been scrapped after months of talks inside the Beltway.

Take a stunning journey through the night skies over Monument Valley, Trona Pinnacles and Red Rock Canyon.

Star Count 2019 engages stargazers in England and draws attention to the growing threat of light pollution.

Bloomberg Rankings has released a list of bike-to-work rates in 25 major U.S. cities and Portland, Ore., came out on top. In 2010, nearly 16,000 workers biked t

Fair Isle, with a population of 60, is looking for someone with a sense of adventure — and a nursing certificate.

Finland's vocational education and training (VET) programs cover a range of occupations, and training is available to just about everyone.

Wyland Foundation's National Art Contest helps kids think about how they can protect the oceans.

Only about 2 percent of Iceland is now forested, down from as much as 40 percent before Vikings arrived.

Giant cable will allow Iceland to share its vast geothermal and volcanic energy resources with mainland Europe.

Iceland's ION Luxury Adventure Hotel isn't so much about the hotel itself but about the stunning, otherworldly landscapes that surround it.

Transition to clean energy meant to provide a proof of concept to other island nations in the Caribbean.

A new study and videos show how flies are able to land upside-down on any surface by making lightning-fast adjustments.

Researchers tagging juvenile sharks have confirmed where these youngsters spend the first year of their lives.

The Scottish wildcat, an adorable yet fierce native cat species, may disappear within the next few years.

New Mexico's coyote-killing contest ban does not outlaw the killing of coyotes by hunters or ranchers who are protecting their livestock.

The Irish countryside is a patchwork quilt of green, as this photo of Roughgrange, a farm located next to the prehistoric Newgrange monument shows.

Greenland's ice sheet is on the move, with new images showing its glaciers moving 30 percent faster than they were a decade ago. Greenland and Antarctica are ho

A set of 80-year-old photographs discovered in a basement archive reveals the remarkable sensitivity of Greenland's glaciers to climate change, according to a n

While the Greenland Ice Sheet has been known to be gradually melting over the years, new evidence shows that certain areas are thinning faster than others.

NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.

Bigger surface melts in recent years are softening the interior of the ice like a stick of butter.

Typically thought of as a tropical climate pattern, the influence of La Niña spreads as far as Antarctica.

The last bulwark to fall in Greenland's battle against rising temperatures is the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet.