A compilation of the best original stories from Mother Nature Network for the week, including Bear Grylls' eating habits, a webcam of Mount Everest and much mor

The controversial installation will cover sections of the Arkansas River with miles of silver fabric.

These artists used recycled pine, driftwood and waste timber to create their pieces.

Actor is taken to court over 17 bronze horse and bison sculptures he commissioned back in the late '90s.

Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.

Miss the smells of home? Artist Kirill Rudenko is canning air from many of the world's major cities and selling it for 10 dollars a pop.

A folk hero/renegade builder is sentenced to 539 days in jail after failing to pay for the demolition of hi folk private residence/art installation.

A new art project uses DNA to get an idea of who's tossing butts and other litter.

Filipino artist and environmentalist Vincent Francisco Navarro paid homage to coffee farmers by painting portraits of them with used grounds.

It's amazing what light can do when seen from the right angle. Check out this beautiful sunset sky from the mountains of Costa Rica.

The casualty list from the government shutdown earlier this month continues to grow for U.S. Antarctic science.

A giant floating sphere built from discarded umbrellas will next set sail on one of the country's most notorious Superfund sites: The Gowanus Canal.

In memory of his late wife, a farmer has spent 35 years planting and nurturing a guitar-shaped forest in Argentina.

For centuries, art and science have informed one another, and the result has been some spectacular creativity.

It sounds totally familiar, yet completely new.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

The Chauvet paintings in France are a study in humanity's connection to animals, the earth, and each other over time.

Rabbit Island residency programs encourage artists to incorporate conservation, ecology and sustainability into their work.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, alternative fuel vehicles could have a nearly 50% market share by 2035.

Electric vehicles, hybrids and plug-ins will be on the market by the end of the year. Here's a look into the crystal ball.

An eel named Miguel Wattson is behind the holiday display at the Tennessee Aquarium.

From Michael Jordan to J.K. Rowling, these superstars prove the value of perseverance.

Weight Watchers? Paleo? Whole30? DASH diet? Every diet offers something different, here's your guide to figuring it all out.

Skip the stretching and forget the sports drinks. Modern research is proving that many commonly held fitness beliefs just aren't true.

Beyond their undeniable cuteness, there's a lot more to discover about these wonderfully odd creatures.

Harmful algal blooms pop up nearly every summer along the nation's coasts, creating problems for marine life and humans alike.

The northern snakehead, a voracious invasive species that can live out of the water for days, is showing up in several states.

Some think Jane Austen, the beloved author, may have been offed.

In Stranger in the Woods, author Mike Finkel explores the famous Maine recluse Christopher Knight and why he stayed alone for 27 years.

Stephen Ritz, author of 'The Power of a Plant,' developed a curriculum for indoor gardening that is changing lives and improving schools.

Animal tracking is time-consuming and difficult, but a new book "Where the Animals Go" by Cheshire and Umbert shows how technology is helping.

Rachel Herz explains the science behind our relationship with the food we eat in her new book, "Why You Eat What You Eat."

The Nordic nation gets bookish at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with an exposition dubbed 'Mind-Building'

The author wrote most of 'The Lorax' while visiting an ecosystem inhabited by orange, mustachioed patas monkeys.

Writer Stacy Tornio didn't think she'd get such an enthusiastic response from her son Jack about writing a book.

The Voynich Manuscript, an illustrated codex from Medieval times, has been baffling humans since 1912. Here's what we know about it.

Nurtured by the oil industry, this city has an impressive environmental presence.

Prince Edward Island is Canada's smallest province in terms of area, but it is one of the country's most prominent in terms of tourism and the environment. Many

Follow the life of a plastic bag in a hilarious mockumentary -- complete with dramatic music and a narrator with a British accent.

Watch Van Jones as he lays out the case against plastic pollution from a social justice perspective.

Material from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be collected, melted down and rebuilt into a floating paradise for green tourism.

The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

At long last, Method is set to release the world's first soap container — or any sort of container, for that matter — made partially from plastic trash reco

To qualify as biodegradable, plastic must be scientifically proven to break down completely within a short time, but even plastic certified as biodegradable may

Plastic pollution similar to ocean 'garbage patches' has been found in the Great Lakes, especially microscopic beads used in many personal care products.

There's a secret world of microbes hidden on the plastic littering the oceans.

Divers scoured remote Pacific atolls to collect the garbage, some of which had entangled sea turtles.

A 4th garbage collection zone, this one in the South Pacific, emerges.

This explore.org film shows how service dog Abby and others helped in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.

Many cats form bonds with their humans, just like babies do with their parents.