Electric cars are really shooting off into the stratosphere, and it’s all Elon Musk can do to keep up.

The British vacuum cleaner kingpin will invest nearly $3B in developing an electric vehicle by 2020.

Electric carmakers need more cobalt for their lithium-ion batteries. Tiny Cobalt, Ontario, aims to become a sizable supplier.

This four-part series gives great advice on getting a new generation to enjoy the outdoors.

When a man and his dog are evicted, people in the community rally to try to keep them together.

Muncie, Indiana, police department lets residents pay off parking tickets with donations to the local animal shelter.

Countless people drove past an injured armadillo, until one compassionate woman came along.

Greeting people you pass on the street with a smile and "Hello" is good for you and them.

Rescuers spent months nursing a paralyzed leopard until the day he stood on his own paws.

More than one-third of adults in the U.S. over 45 likely suffer from chronic loneliness, but creative housing solutions like these can change those numbers.

Why not design our homes so that we can get at the things that need to be changed? That's the idea behind "Open Building".

SwimCity is a housing concept for young Swedes who don't mind donning goggles or hopping in a canoe as part of their commute.

Just ask Jenna and Guillaume, who quit their 9-to-5 jobs to pursue their dream of touring North America in a custom-built tiny house.

To go net-zero it's better to try and reduce demand than to increase supply. Here are some very good places to start.

Sky City was supposed to be 220 stories and this building was supposed to be 97 stories; but there's more to building than just technical innovation.

In rural stretches of Connecticut and Tennessee, two nature-surrounded retreats built for retirees.

Forget Pat Conroy ... nothing says 'summer reading' like upcycling bibles and tiny house memoirs.

Here are 10 historic shopping centers that are still thriving today.

Beautiful and daring, Cinder Cone will resonate with those who have graduated from Thrasher to Dwell.

Despite its petite size, Bi(h)OME carves out ample room for urban wildlife.

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.

James Furzer's simple design is still situated on the streets — yet lifted slightly above them.

Don't want to live in it anymore? Just covert it into a drive-through shaved ice stand.

Resilient design is showcased in competing homes hailing from New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

The man-made foothills are most definitely alive in Cupertino.

At 208-square-feet, Kasita smart apartments are roughly the size of 6 garbage receptacles.

Hydraulics give a British backyard potting shed a lift when needed.

From the man who brought you the giant tetrahedron on 57th Street...

How they can provide some space for the next generation as well.

Berlin startup Cabin Spacey has a clever idea for the city's unused rooftops.

New high-rise called Tao Zhu Yin Yuan (“ The Retreat of Tao Zhu”) by Vincent Callebaut provides luxury housing and 'hope for a better tomorrow' in Taiwan.

Faircompanies gives a tour of an unusual Omaha, Nebraska, dwelling that consists of three concrete domes tucked underground.

Assembled as a local factory, the prefab housing units will house over 200 people at 3 different sites.

This biophilic home owned by Gennaro Brooks-Church, founder of Eco Brooklyn Living Walls, is so green it boasts a turtle sanctuary.

A 'clunker' is a vehicle reaching less than 18 mpg. Check out the top 10 clunkiest clunkers here.

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A high-tech collaboration between astrophysicists and ecologists is helping to monitor and protect some of the world's most threatened animals.

Conservationist Clay Bolt is using his images to influence laws and protect species.

White Oak in Florida promotes conservation with innovative programs for animals (and the humans who want to see them.)

This year's winning travel image from the Nat Geo contest features the beautiful tail of an endangered humpback whale calf.

It's a wild idea fraught with controversy, but Australia has the habitats and the protections in place to harbor these beasts.

In Florida, not even the iconic Florida panther — the endangered state animal — is safe from new development.

The 2019 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest is open to children in grades K-12.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes letting states, tribes manage wolf populations, dropping endangered species status on the federal level.

New massive panda park in China will connect bear populations and should help with finding mates.

England is poised to introduce a sweeping ban on the import of endangered animal parts, including those from "trophy" kills.

A last minute holiday gift for socially conscious tooth-cleaners with an eye for ecological design, Bogobrush follows a "buy one give one" business model.

For my final last minute-ish holiday stocking stuffer pick, a bamboo charcoal- and goat milk-based skincare bar from the Fabulous Beekman Boys.

If you think that the practice of "regifting," or giving someone else a gift you've previously received, is rude, you may want to think again.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren't the only days when you can get good deals on a range of gifts.