.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a

A winner is announced for Timber in the City, a design competition that challenged entrants to design a wood-centric mixed-use complex for Red Hook, Brooklyn.

A Pluto-bound NASA probe has captured the best-ever images of the dwarf planet.

New Horizons is the subject of "Mission Pluto," a special that will premiere July 15 on National Geographic Channel.

With Pluto's unveiling on the horizon, here's a quick look at past and present efforts to study the elusive world.

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh

In conjunction with Greenbuild 2012, prefab firm Blu Homes announces the acquisition of Modern Cabana, a family-run company specializing in stylish accessory dw

New York City unveils a disaster housing plan centered around retrofitted shipping containers that boast interiors that are like 'CB2 meets Motel 6' and that ar

As construction begins on a 32-story prefab tower here in the U.S., Broad Sustainable Building Corp. is preparing for a similar project in China that will resul

Architect Zaha Hadid is "touring around" a prefab concept with musician/design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.

Snow and near sub-zero temps didn't prevent a horde of prefab admirers — including this blogger — from welcoming Breezehouse to the East Coast.

Perched above Mexico City's trendiest shopping district, the Billboard House is obscured by a mural created by the dwelling's artist-in-residence.

Despite the unfortunate acronym, the London Original Loft (LOL) proposal cleverly repurposes unused railway viaduct arches into cave-like residences.

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.

Blue Homes' view-ready Balance prefab finds a most appropriate home on the ancestral stomping grounds of Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin.

In the bucolic exburbs of New York City, a mass-produced home designed by the legendary architect hits the market.

The modern prefab specialists at Modscape went for the obvious when naming this doozy of a concept home. But hey, it fits.

In Japan, militantly unfussy retailer Muji sells much more than stationery, travel pillows and slippers.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

Vipp, the venerable purveyor of high-end trash bins, gets into the prefab vacation home business.

The chef of PBS’ long running “Ciao Italia” taught me to make this flavorful, seasonal salad that would be a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving.

A messy winter storm is moving across the eastern half of the United States, threatening to delay holiday travel.

These quick sides will complement your main dish, and we've included a few tips on how to make the recipes even easier.

As the middle class disappears, the rich go hiking and the poor fight over bargains.

Take Thanksgiving on the road this year and appreciate the different experiences these places have to offer.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

While hiking in New Mexico's Las Cruces desert, Jude Sparks tripped over a stegomastodon skull.

Learn about the natural world past and present at these outstanding museums

The finding indicates that life on Earth began much earlier than previously thought.

Triassic fossils found on lands that were previously part of Bears Ears National Monument could fall under 'multiple-use' management.

The archaeological site is located a mere 900 feet off Manasota Key in Florida.

Covered in a code no one can understand, the Shigir Idol is the oldest wooden structure in the world.

Turtles use their shells as shields today, but these devices evolved for a completely different reason, paleontologists learn.

Fossil finders have ample opportunity to connect with experts through fossil ID days at museums, parks and universities.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

Researchers say the collision of a planetary body with Earth, some 4.4 billion years ago, seeded the elements of life and also led to the creation of our moon.

Researchers have unearthed fossils of an extinct spider family that contain reflective material in the eyes that gave them superior night vision.

New research suggests it will take millions of years for extinct species to return to Earth.

The space agency's $650 million Neo Surveillance Mission is designed to spot killer asteroids.

Most of the methane that humans emit comes from natural gas, landfills, coal mining and manure management, but methane is almost everywhere and it comes from so

Carbon dioxide levels are now at 390.9 parts per million, well above what scientists consider the tipping point for the effects of climate change.

Global greenhouse-gas emissions already have passed the point where the worst effects of global warming could be averted, and they are still rising, according t

The U.S. energy sector is 'in the midst of a transformation,' according to a new report, thanks to the growing use of natural gas and renewable power sources.

Reducing the flow of the greenhouse gases that spur global warming could prevent up to 3 million premature deaths annually.

U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

The risk of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts' is quickly rising worldwide, the draft report warns.

Scientists estimate more than 7,000 dangerous methane 'bumps' have formed in Siberia's Yamal and Gydan peninsulas over the last couple of years.

For several countries, the switch from coal to renewable energy is paying off in our attempt to reduce global carbon emissions — but we still have work to do.