Plastic waste has been diverted from the city's shoreline to create a cost-effective, green space alternative.

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.

Cepezed Architects design a shelter that is elegant and self-sufficient.

It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars.

Children. Alone in the forest. At night.

This is Paris' largest mural, made with hand-folded origami paper birds and a bit of spraypaint.

It gives another meaning to 'eating off the floor.'

Looking like a "great ship," this solar-powered music venue is a new gateway into the city.

Instead of banning these technologies, we have to figure out how to manage them. Because they are inevitable.

A NYC-based artist and programmer makes music out of pollution; listen to it here.

While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite.

The Musical Mountaineers carry a violin and piano up trails to perform in secret wilderness locations.

This classic design is 80 years young and some famous designers pay hommage.

These paper plate eyes bring a chuckle when added to trees and rocks.

Eat simpler food.

Doing this was one of the best decisions I made when getting married. (So was marrying a great guy!)

The high tech answer to keeping you moving while working.

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.

Because people gotta move.

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half

Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.

Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate

Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design

The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.

Smart cities are not a panacea, and the New York Times is on it.

It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.

This cozy and compact dwelling out of Oregon packs one bed, one bathroom, a kitchen and porch.

Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family.

Wiarton Willie saw his shadow this morning, which means the cold weather will stick around.

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.

It's being killed the name of "convenience."

The Conga mine, which is majority owned by Newmont Mining Corp, would produce gold as well as copper and silver. Protesters are concerned the mine will contaminate their water and affect a major aquifer.

Oldest ever popcorn discovered in Peru tells the story of indigenous corn varieties versus gmo monoculture crops.

The new find may change anthropologist's conception of early Peruvian prehistory.

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.

Created for adventurers by adventurers, this unique hotel in Peru features three sleeping pods that guests must climb up to.

From ancient trees and strange sea slugs to odd and adorable insects plus more, our most popular reader's photos of the year are a tribute to Mother Nature.

From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.

A new study finds altered neurological performance in children during peak pesticide spraying for the Mother's Day flower harvest.

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

Even the CDC recommends this botanical ingredient as comparable to DEET for repelling disease-carrying insects.

A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

There's more than one way to go up in a small space, and this is one smart alternative.

When the splendid full moon rises this weekend, she’ll look a bit bigger and brighter than usual.

From supermoons and blood moons to black moons and blue moons, here’s a cheat sheet to the full moon in all of her luminous guises.

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.

The official naming organization has approved the names to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission.