What's in that "polymer lining" in every can? A gender-bending hormone that may be really bad for you.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

A new bill in California would make digital receipts the default; here's why it's a big deal.

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical

Locals in one region of the Australian Outback have been terrorized of late by a roaming band of feral camels. Drought conditions and a recent heat wave are being blamed for driving some 6,000 camels into residential areas near

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the

Deserts are hot, dry, and unforgiving -- which makes them difficult environments for most creatures to survive in. But desert residents who have adapted to the temperatures -- by learning to survive without water, developing their own cooling systems, and

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.

It's a 340 ton rock, balancing over a crevice...forever.

What is CO2 fertilization effect and how is it changing our planet?

"If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started.

Studies show that humans and kangaroos may have co-evolved to be mutually beneficial to one another.

As the only canids that can climb trees, gray foxes frequently drag fawn and rabbit skeletons onto the branches with them.

It took me hours, but I finally found this guy.

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

There is so much that they can't burn it here, so they compress it, liquify it, and ship it. That's not working out too well either.

Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy.

It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.

Ampere Energy has developed a battery that fits in your minimalist apartment.

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

It's why we have to reduce demand as well, with radical efficiency.

If a massive water footprint, air pollution, contaminated drinking water, earthquakes, and general environmental degradation weren't bad enough...r

It's killing everything, including renewable energy.

The world is awash in LNG that's a lot closer to the ocean and a lot cheaper to move.

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.

Our photo of the day comes from Atascadero, California.

Our photo of the day shows how to make an awkward bill look like a thing of grace.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

Our photo of the day features one of the smallest of North American owls.

Our photo of the day comes from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in singing and building.

Pigeons sure, but urban eagles and city vultures? A beautifully illustrated new book, Urban Aviary, spills their secrets.

If you guessed that climate-crisis-fueled, disease-carrying mosquitoes are wiping them out, you may be correct.

The reward for information leading to an arrest has climbed to $12,000.

Welcome to some of the most bizarre social behavior on Earth.

Our photo of the day comes from above the Pacific Ocean.

Our photo of the day comes from Akumal, Mexico.

The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot species native to the US; by 1918, we had killed them all. New evidence explains their demise.

Some moth species have evolved noise-cancelling abilities that are more efficient than today's sound engineering technology.

Our majestic photo of the day comes from Quebec, Canada.

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

A Brooklyn dinner party turns "dumpster diving" into an informative meal.

Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings.

Architentions design a lovely "parallel imaginative world"

Featuring eye-catching geometries, local and non-toxic materials, these unique furniture pieces meld a medley of traditional weaving and woodworking techniques.

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!

FC Modular, that "cracked the code" of tall modular, is no more.