Bill Gates take note: It's all in here and It is surprising how little has changed

A toilet is just the working end of a much larger system that can have a huge impact on society.

This is a very clever and clean alternative toilet. Unfortunately, it shrink-wraps your poop in foil and sends it to landfill.

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

The new interpretive center has earned certification from the Sustainable Sites Initiative, and features a green roof planted with native prairie grasses.

Here's the hot poop on a toilet with a conveyor belt to move the stuff out of sight, out of mind.

Who says loos have to be boring and utilitarian?

Aiming to live a lighter-impact lifestyle, this green lifestyle activist lives in a self-built tiny house and experiments with growing and foraging his own food.

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

Since 2006, bat populations in the northeastern United States have been decimated by a mysterious condition known as "white-nose syndrome." Caused by a fungus,

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy "Bat Tower" being built to draw the pest-fighting pollinators to the area.

When it comes to finding fascinating species previously unknown to science, it turns out that forests of Papua New Guinea are a darn good place to look. Researchers have recently disclosed their

Insect hotels are architectural, recycled and perfectly formed. But you can't stay there: they are for the bugs.

South Carolina health department announces a human rabies case sourced from a bat.

The filming of a Sylvester Stallone movie in a Bulgarian cave has dramatically reduced the animals' numbers, bat experts say.

White nose syndrome has decimated bat populations on the East Coast. Now scientists believe the disease, which is spreading, may have been worse than previously imagined.

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.

In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.

A study of the impact of small residential wind turbine installations on local wildlife populations shows a potential loss of habitat for bats and a steep reduction in activity around the units.

A Dutch landscape architecture firm is proposing a clever way to help animals navigate the urban environment -- using the same infrastructure human city-dwellers rely on to get from place to place.

The 'Spatzenfavela' ('favela' for sparrows) provides a home for birds that have lost their city nests and roosts due to urban renewal.

Dig out those old da Vinci drawings of winged flying machines, as he was really on to something!

This should take the wind out of the "all turbines are evil" crowd's sails.

When a bird charity installs a wind turbine, they're going to do it right.

The Echo Meter can detect, record and identify the sounds of bats nearby.

Tiny houses aren't just for people; bats can be comfy and warm in them too.

Did you know that Bat Week takes place every year, October 24–31? The time is set aside to raise awareness of the many contributions that bats make to the planet and encourage conservation of bat species.

Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.

While in Mongolia for World Environment Day, I toured the Salkhit Wind Farm.

From Gasland II to Dirty Business, some of the most active environmental documentary makers in the country are joining forces to build a movement.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieve a major breakthrough on the path to the dream of fusion as a clean energy source

The holidays are a time of joy, happiness, families and... waste? Estimates show that almost 25% of waste produced in the US comes from the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years. But we can change that, starting now.

Rob Cotter used to build expensive sports cars. Now he makes vehicles that are much, much cooler.

As alternatives to Big Oil and Big Coal emerge, it would be a mistake for executives to rely on loyalty or love from the public.

Internet sensation Reggie Watts takes aim at Twitter and Amazon for Greenpeace's #ClickClean campaign, urging them to step up their clean energy game.

The ENGO charging station uses kinetic tiles and solar panels to charge up to 14 smartphones at a time, and provides free WiFi access and an emergency phone.

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.

President Obama’s State of the Union speech takes aim at climate change deniers.

I'll say it again, renewables are taking off much faster than anyone expected.

The Nature Conservancy’s new research shows New Yorkers want to take action against climate change.

In his new climate change documentary, DiCaprio opts for caution and polite concern at a time when outrage is desperately needed.

This 5W thermoelectric generator converts heat from a chimney or camp stove into electricity for charging USB devices.

It used to be so easy to make fun of this group we described as "hopelessly out of touch."

The floating tidal stream turbine off the coast of Scotland has proven that it can produce power safely and cheaply year round.

Famed chef Magnus Nilsson will be serving dinner for three days in Åre, Sweden … 4,200 feet in the air.

We also have to start retiring what we already have and replacing it with cleaner power plants, furnaces and vehicles. Now.

iGEM team encourages 'materials activists' to build their own biodegradable drones with downloadable do-it-yourself plans.

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

Molded out of plant-based bioplastics and sitting on a wooden base, this curvaceous piece combines traditional craftsmanship and new industrial design.

From the 'I wish I had thought of that' department, these all-natural straws are grown, not made from plastic, and could be a greener way to slurp your smoothie.