Meet the cable that has earned praise as the 'best new technology' and 'invention of the year'

It may well be all most people need as a computer, and it may well be what we have been waiting for.

It's impossible for a human to know all of the hundreds of thousands of species of flowers on our planet, so Microsoft has developed flower learning software.

A shark's fin is like its fingerprint, with each animal having its own unique patterns and scars.

The computing facility will help researchers with NASA missions while reducing its environmental impact.

Researchers are developing computer simulations that can improve agricultural success.

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a weedy seadragon!

Our photo of the day comes from California's beautiful Central Coast.

Our photo of the day comes from Merced, California.

Our photo of the day comes from Jackson County, Oregon.

Our photo of the day comes from Los Banos, California.

Our photo of the day comes from the romantic rain forest of Ecuador.

Aiming to spark conversations about marine conservation, these beautiful works reimagine the oceans in their pristine state.

Forget about wood construction; cardboard could be the Next Big Thing.

Add heritage preservation, passive house design and a butterfly roof and it pushes a lot of buttons around here.

Plenty of clever spatial overlaps and multifunctional pieces of transformer furniture in this renovation of a 376-square-foot apartment in Melbourne.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

Our photo of the day delivers a bit of winter reverie from the waters of Australia.

Made carefully by hand, this food artisan's edible works of jelly art are bursting with colorful flora and fauna.

This apartment's built-in 'function wall' maximizes a small space by incorporating sleeping, sitting and storage.

Our photo of the day provides a lesson in the origins of seashells.

This redesigned space in a 1920s Art Deco building features a new layout that better maximizes space and light.

This company creates modern, energy-efficient versions of the backyard 'granny flat'.

Why are we not surprised?

There is more to the tiny house movement than just living with less. It can also be a story about resilience, sustainability and adaptablility.

All food is donated and payment is optional.

It's a small, wood, modest shack. What's not to love?

Four species of walking sharks have been discovered in the waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.

Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ...

Though it sounds like a technical term more suited for computer programming, avicaching is actually a growing practice that encourages birders to collect and share their data from bird-watching through an internationally known phone app.

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...

Woodland caribou are an iconic but threatened species throughout Canada. They’re natural prey to bears and wolves, who can gain easier access to Caribou habitat through forest roads, pipelines, and other human disturbances.

This Thanksgiving, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) express gratitude for another productive year working together toward common goals, including ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a world leader in the study, appreciation, and conservation of birds. But the vast educational opportunities it offers aren’t reserved only for Ivy League students.

Does your family PLT? Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award-winning environmental education program for children and teens in all grades.

GreenBlue is challenging companies throughout the United States and Canada to change their thinking about sustainable sourcing.

The theme for 2019 is “forests and education,” with the goal to increase understanding that sustainable forests are critical to our future.

Whoever you are, wherever you are, water is your human right. That’s the theme of World Water Day 2019. It’s a day made official by the United Nations General Assembly that takes place every year on March 22.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.

Woodland caribou are considered threatened throughout much of Canada’s vast boreal forest.

It has its ups and downs, but Harald Buschbacher's idea might be the best of both transit worlds.

Your focus should be on local growers, rather than those overseas.

People are talking about moving to the moon and Mars, but what is everyone going to eat?

And when prepared by professional chefs, it's more delicious than any imported produce could ever be.

A new study finds that degraded agricultural lands could be low-hanging fruit for expanding the world’s conservation areas.

But is that a bad thing?

They can dilute the wild varieties, threatening their existence.

It involves planting another surprising crop.