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.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.

UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing.

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

A solar-powered home that can charge a car is one thing. But what if power flowed the other way, as well?

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

Why move to the woods when you can live in a tower that doubles as a coniferous forest?

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

Despite inherent flaws, House in the Tree is a fanciful fir-based escape.

The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards.

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

Tiny houses have become the darlings of budget-minded minimalists, and Ryan Mitchell's book, "Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials," explores them.

From Apple's Spaceship HQ to GE's Boston campus, these solar-integrated designs are raising the bar.

Situated next to the High Line, Solar Carve Tower is specifically designed not to bogart air and natural light from its neighbors.

M.A.Di., a flat-pack tiny house from Italy, is a new take on a beloved classic.

From the emphasis on nature to the secret location aspect, there's a lot to like about this off-grid lodging concept from Belgium.

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

Bosco Verticale, Milan's literal vertical forest, boasts the equivalent of 2.4 acres of richly green land.

Finn the conservation dog was trained to sniff out pesky rabbits, and in the process he protect native plants and threatened Humboldt penguins.

The Mary River turtle, recognized for its algae-induced punk rock appearance and ability to breathe through its rear is endangered.

There were once less than 1,000 of them left in Mexico and the U.S.

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

Many well-known bird species are in danger of going extinct, according to the State of the World’s Birds 2018 report.

Eelgrass is thriving again, thanks to the help of a sea otter rehabilitation program.

This Guam kingfisher chick is one of the rarest birds in the world.

The mountain gorilla population is rebounding in the Virunga Volcanoes Region, according to census results announced by the African Wildlife Foundation.

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

Native only to Madagascar, 105 lemurs species have been evaluated as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable by the IUCN.

The elusive Bahama nuthatch was found in limited numbers on the island Grand Bahama amid concerns it had been wiped out in 2016.

Brazil's once-expansive Atlantic Forest has now almost completely disappeared.

Rare endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles hatch on New York City beach, but they normally nest in the Gulf of Mexico.

Conservation efforts pay off for mountain gorillas, which have been re-classified from "critically endangered" to "endangered" by IUCN.

Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth.

Rescuers in Cape Cod are racing to save wave after wave of "cold-stunned" sea turtles.

19 of the 450 remaining whales died from 2017-2018, pushing the species even closer to the edge of extinction.

Two mother-and-calf pairs of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted so far this year in Cape Cod Bay.

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.

Confused about egg carton labeling? You're not alone.

Don't know the difference between "free range" and Certified Humane? Learn what the labels on your chickens and eggs mean.

Nonprofit, which monitors the health and safety of animals in the entertainment industry, calls the expose a distortion of the truth.

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.

Although they are getting better at it, many consumers still do not spend every last penny that is credited to their gift cards.

These gifts that food lovers will appreciate can be bought at local stores or ordered online up to the very last minute before Christmas.

Eco-friendly products, charities and goodies at the Golden Globe Awards.

Bring the great outdoors into your home with Three Bad Seeds' line of wilderness-inspired pillows handcrafted from repurposed scrap fabrics.

At GBK gift lounge, the famous get goodies and charities benefit.