Once a niche profession or eccentric hobby, beekeeping is trending amongst DIYers and trendy urbanites.

Hornets, yellow jackets, tarantula hawks oh my. Wasps might be scary, but a world without them would be a disaster.

ZGF builds interesting hives on the roof of a fascinating building.

We are heading for an insect apocalypse, which would spell disaster for humankind. It's time we turn our lawns back into productive plant communities.

And the air outside in urban London is pretty awful.

Hiking through the Adirondacks, and why we should protect it.

There's an "epidemic" of unused vacation days in the United States. This startup wants participating companies' employees to trade them in for plan contributions, or booking flights and hotel accommodations.

Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?

What nutrition labels do, and do not, tell us about what goes into our food

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

Under perfect circumstances, grazing cattle do sequester carbon, but most of the time that's not the case.

"Since the mid-90s, levels of crude protein in the plants, which cattle need to grow, have dropped by nearly 20 percent."

This city used to be a model for the future of biking in North America. Now it is just a deadly mess.

Changing attitudes about cities and getting people out of cars takes a lot of work.

A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money.

Keeping your bike in tip-top shape means regular maintenance, preventative measures, and the occasional on-the-road quick fix.

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.

The fashion designer says she doesn't "just chuck stuff into a washing machine because it's been worn."

These are the daily habits I've refined over the years and hope to see them doing someday.

If you're not into bar soap, here's an innovative option for liquid hand soap.

Yet another study weighs in on the most efficient way to clean dirty dishes.

It's the most versatile household cleaning product you can buy.

Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning.

Babies are small. They can occupy a small space.

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?

A baby lying face-down will be able to breathe freely on this mattress.

To gain more space, this apartment's redesign puts everything in the wall.

UK brewer Seven Brothers has partnered with Kellogg's to use some of its less-than-perfect cereals.

Fairbanks, Alaska, will be home to the demonstration project of the next generation Buoyant Airborne Turbine, which will fly 1000 feet off the ground.

All those cat pictures and viral videos won't harm the Earth.

Used clothing donations are more of a hindrance than a help, in the eyes of the East African Community. We need to listen to what they're saying.

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

Half a century ago zebras were hunted to extinction in the region, now the area is being rewilded and the zebras are leading the charge.

Before 2015, the Mozambique reserve lost many thousands of elephants due to rampant poaching – now they’ve just had a full year without any illegal deaths.

There are only two northern white rhinos left, and they are both female; but now scientists have created two viable embryos and there is hope.

We've scratched the surface of Sierra magazine's Cool Schools list on Treehugger before, but this time I've decided to dig into one of the schools so we can learn more about what

University of North Texas has build a LEED Platinum stadium to be the envy of other college campuses.

Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.

The Post-Landfill Action Network, launched at the University of New Hampshire, challenges campuses across the continent to start tackling waste seriously.

It's the eternal struggle for anyone tasked with feeding themselves.

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.

Ruling represents the first time that a coal mine has been rejected because of the failure to adequately consider and disclose the impacts that a mine would have on climate disruption.

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.

In a ghost town in the one of the coldest places in the US, lone resident Billy Barr has spent 4 decades recording snowfall … to the enormous delight of scientists.

Corporations have rights ... why not rivers?

As part of their More Than Just Parks project, Will and Jim Pattiz spent two years filming in the majestic Colorado mountains.

This contemporary small dwelling has both a main-floor bedroom and a secondary sleeping loft.

Probably, the decade of e-mobility

Was it design, or was it our resistance to change? What made the NoMix a NoGo?