The Greenbuild 2011 keynote address is sure to get you fired up about green building.

The first national park in the world has a comprehensive recycling program, LEED certified buildings and more.

Study reveals that green certified homes are valued 9% higher than comparable properties.

Tour a LEED Platinum certified denim factory. The VDS Group factory in Bangladesh received LEED Platinum certification.

Organization will provide a one-year membership to the U.S. Green Building Council.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

The U.S. Green Building Council announced that Virginia had the most amount of LEED certified space per resident in 2012.

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

The intricacies of soil biodiversity may offer scientists insights into how species — animals and plants — can survive global warming.

From curious kid to giving back, to advisor to Apple computers, Jackson shares her path to leadership.

Researchers say the giant tsunami occured in the Cape Verde Islands 73,000 years ago.

Storm-chaser Mike Olbinski recorded this illuminated wave of 'undulatus asperatus' clouds in North Dakota.

Animals use the same wait-your-turn system that most humans do, say scientists who reviewed a series of animal studies.

Touching a giant hogweed can cause burns and even blindness.

Urban noise — and AC/DC — may be wreaking havoc on ecosystems.

Scientists complete the first-ever genome sequence of the deepest-living animal on Earth.

Obama's energy policy will be pretty corny, which could be bad for soybeans. Could we turn to air force for power? And should we take time to reflect on global

The Danes are helping kick-start Colorado's green energy economy.

New report calls for less damage in the development of biofuels.

Political ideology doesn't matter in the Senate when it comes to ethanol subsidies. Unless your senator comes from a corn state, chances are he or she voted aga

Whether you go out stargazing or simply relax in the dark at home, spending an hour without power Saturday night might just re-energize your weekend.

MNN chats with guitarist Stone Gossard about the band's latest project and why the group is passionate about making a difference for the environment.

A new website makes it super easy to help save the world, a little bit at a time.

Your car could capture and store carbon dioxide for later disposal, making it zero climate emission even without batteries.

Olivine is a miracle green rock that absorbs carbon dioxide naturally from the air.

Rarely use your car but keep it around for emergencies? Try a car sharing service.

A 10-mile stretch of Los Angeles' 405 Freeway — the most heavily trafficked road in the country — was completely shut down this weekend as part of a $1 bill

Studies show that drivers older than 85 get into fatal accidents almost 4 times as often as teens do, and intersections are a problem.

Two new studies decipher who prefers which kind of car, revealing unexpected attitudes that challenge many assumptions.

A new report from KPMG sees 500 billion annual miles from people who might have otherwise stayed home.

Autonomous vehicles will be ready soon — to ferry retirees around closed communities.

Seen at the Geneva Motor Show, this green family hauler doubles as an office.

Automaker networks are vulnerable to guys with laptops, and it's not an isolated problem.

The deal with the Tesla Model 3: 215 miles of range, zero to 60 under 6 seconds, $35,000 — but read the fine print.

When a man and his dog are evicted, people in the community rally to try to keep them together.

Air conditioners have made architects lazy, and we've forgotten how to design houses that might work without it.

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.

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

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

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

Donut-shaped and parked at the foot of a glacier, the Snøhetta-designed Svart hotel in Norway is the first of its kind.

As its name implies, Scavenger Studio by Eerkes Architects was constructed from materials plucked from soon-to-be-demolished homes.

When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life.

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

This year's winning travel image from the Nat Geo contest features the beautiful tail of an endangered humpback whale calf.

Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth.

The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today.

In Florida, not even the iconic Florida panther — the endangered state animal — is safe from new development.