Design studio Minarc partners with Habitat for Humanity to (very quickly) bring affordable, net-zero energy prefab homes to low-income areas of South L.A.

A pair of preservation-minded architects are giving away a historic 1926 bungalow sold as a mail order kit home by Sears with one big catch ...

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.

By keeping things compact, Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee were able to splurge and have some fun when designing their boxy, prefab abode.

The gorgeously illustrated "Prefabulous World" highlights some of the most cutting-edge, eco-friendly modular homes in the world.

A tent alternative for dedicated glampers and design-conscious holiday-makers, this prefab micro-cabin treads lightly wherever it happens to 'drop.'

In the bucolic exburbs of New York City, a mass-produced home designed by the legendary architect hits the market.

This teeny-tiny wooden cabin from Spain can be built in several hours (provided you can wrangle several friends to help you).

In Japan, militantly unfussy retailer Muji sells much more than stationery, travel pillows and slippers.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

An age-by-age breakdown for teaching kids how to express their gratitude.

A messy winter storm is moving across the eastern half of the United States, threatening to delay holiday travel.

Pinterest is a great resource for recipee, and there’s an abundance of ideas to use up Thanksgiving leftovers on the addictive site.

Make sure your knives are sharpened and spice rack is stocked so time in the kitchen this holiday season goes more smoothly.

Warre’s Otima Tawny 10 Year Port will warm you up on a chilly evening.

These creative recipes will help you make something out of your leftover turkey besides soup or sandwiches.

Take some of the stress out of the big day by preparing some of your menu days, even weeks, ahead.

Pumpkin is just as healthy for your dog as it is for you. Here are some simple ways to feed your pooch this popular fruit, and some bonus biscuit recipes.

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, online retailer Zappo's will cover cat and dog adoption fees at more than 100 participating shelters.

Take Thanksgiving on the road this year and appreciate the different experiences these places have to offer.

A Chicago restaurant is serving crystal-clear pumpkin pie. Do you think it's fun or freaky?

Dorcas Reilly created the first green bean casserole recipe as an employee of Campbells in 1955.

There are no rules for Friendsgiving, but it still helps to plan ahead.

The demise of megalodon coincided with the loss of a third of the largest marine animal species, scientists say.

The 50,000-year-old, perfectly preserved forest is showcased like never before in a newly released documentary.

Ancient marine reptile sheds light on the origins of the distant relatives of modern crocodiles.

Neanderthals might be extinct, but their genes still live on inside of us.

New research seems to demonstrate that iridium, a rare metal found in meteorites, can kill cancer cells.

Learn about the natural world past and present at these outstanding museums

A Sitka spruce on Campbell Island may be the 'golden spike' that denotes the controversial beginning of the Anthropocene epoch.

The archaeological site is located a mere 900 feet off Manasota Key in Florida.

A new, highly speculative conjecture about the extinction of ancient humans is sure to raise critics' brows.

These volcanic seamounts are rich with life and are estimated to be at least 30 million years old, formed when Australia and Antarctica broke apart.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

A startling find in Wyoming radically changes our theories about the distant origins of our taxonomic order.

In A.D. 536, a volcanic eruption sent a thick haze into the air that blocked the sun over Europe, the Middle East and some of Asia for 18 months.

Researchers say the collision of a planetary body with Earth, some 4.4 billion years ago, seeded the elements of life and also led to the creation of our moon.

New research suggests it will take millions of years for extinct species to return to Earth.

The space agency's $650 million Neo Surveillance Mission is designed to spot killer asteroids.

Arctic sea ice, the white cap that covers the watery northern edge of the planet, has melted back to a record low level.

The ozone hole above the Antarctic has hit its maximum extent for the year. Due to warm temperatures, the opening in the protective atmospheric layer was the se

Carbon dioxide levels are now at 390.9 parts per million, well above what scientists consider the tipping point for the effects of climate change.

The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a record high in 2011, the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Tuesday,

Global greenhouse-gas emissions already have passed the point where the worst effects of global warming could be averted, and they are still rising, according t

A new study finds that earthworms cause soil to release more greenhouse gases.

Good news from Antarctica: The hole in the ozone layer is shrinking, new measurements reveal.

Top polluters would pay $20 per ton of carbon emissions under the carbon tax plan, with 60 percent of the revenue returned to each U.S. resident.

Toyota has donated 4,500 free trees for this March's giveaway for New York City residents.

The Air Quality Egg was named one of Kickstarter's best projects of 2012.

Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.