Bananatex launches a sustainable material revolution at Milan Design Week
A party of three has collaborated to create a multi-purpose material sourced entirely from banana leaves. Swiss...
Iguanas reintroduced to island after 200 years
In 1835, Charles Darwin was the last person to officially see a land iguana on Santiago Island in the Galapagos....
California’s Monarch butterfly population hits ‘potentially catastrophic’ low in 2018
California’s Monarch butterfly population hit a record low in 2018 after dropping a whopping 86 percent from...
How to provide a backyard habitat to protect animals in the winter
We live in an ecosystem where plants and animals depend upon one another for survival. During the cold winter months,...
Zambia plans to cull 2,000 hippos over the next 5 years
Two years ago, the Republic of Zambia in south-central Africa suspended its plans for the controlled slaughter...
An experimental greenhouse pops up at a busy Copenhagen intersection
A surprising and experimental pocket of nature has popped up in the middle of a heavily trafficked intersection...
Valuable wetlands are disappearing 3 times faster than forests, new study warns
Wetlands around the world are disappearing at an alarming rate. New research shows that these valuable ecosystems...
Coral forests thrive near Sicily’s underwater volcanoes
Nearly one kilometer below the water surface near Sicily, a rare ecosystem of corals, sponges and wildlife is thriving....
6 ways that scientists are hacking the planet
Life on planet Earth is struggling through an historically challenging era, thanks in no small part to the actions...
Trump’s border wall threatens Texas plants and wildlife
If it is ever built, Trump's US-Mexico border wall would pose a threat to vulnerable wildlife and plants, as well...
Hanoi’s koi cafe has a thriving ecosystem complete with an aquaponic garden
From the outside, this café in Hanoi, Vietnam looks fairly traditional with a tile façade that resembles fish...
Scientists find surprising methane-based ecosystem in underwater Yucatan caves
Underwater caves have been described as one of Earth's final unexplored frontiers. An international team recently...
Dead rabbits found at Iowa wind farm likely used to lure and kill eagles
In a story that may have come two days late, a local landowner-farmer in Delaware County, Iowa was shocked to...
How hungry snails help to protect ecosystems from climate change
You may not notice their good work, but small snail-like creatures known as limpets are performing an invaluable...
VIDEO: 60,000-year-old preserved underwater forest discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
When Hurricane Ivan formed in 2004, it did more than devastate regions of the Caribbean and the United States’...
China is fighting desertification with a Great Green Wall of trees
In a major geoengineering effort to fight back against ever-encroaching desert, China is planting trees to create...
The threatened Great Barrier Reef is estimated to be worth $42 billion
Our unsustainable habits are propelling climate change, and as a result, the Great Barrier Reef is under immense...
Architects envision a bright new future for Milan’s abandoned railways
Five international studios recently unveiled exciting plans to revitalize seven disused rail yards in Milan, Italy....
MINI’s tiny innovative home for three purifies the air in Milan
How do we cope with the increasing shortage of attractive housing in today’s cities? Car manufacturer MINI teamed...
Futuristic green city design runs like a real rainforest in Malaysia
If money were no object, what would the ideal city of the future look like? Laboratory for Visionary Architecture...
A new Eden greenhouse is springing up in a Royal Dutch estate
Palace Soestdijk Estate in the Netherlands will soon be transformed into an experimental garden and greenhouse....
Haunting Human Gyre made of over 200 underwater figures warns of climate change
A haunting sight awaits scuba divers on an Atlantic seabed. Over two hundred life-size human figures have been...
UrbanRivers is restoring Chicago’s rivers with floating gardens of native plants
Chicago-based NPO UrbanRivers is hoping to install 600 feet of floating gardens in the Chicago River in order...
Researchers record fish “singing” choruses at the break of dawn in Australia
Fish don't just sing in cartoons or picture books - it turns out their choruses can also be heard in the coastal...
Microplastics are killing fish faster than they can reproduce
There are 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating around in the Earth’s oceans, many of which are microplastics...
Is climate change causing Alaskan seabirds to starve to death?
The shores of Alaska’s Prince William Sound are littered with the carcasses of tens of thousands of seabirds after a...
Mysterious sinkhole develops a surprising and beautiful ecosystem in China
The China sinkhole was naturally formed as a result of the region’s karst processes, in which the humid climate...
The UK’s first natural public swimming pool will use plants, not chemicals, to stay clean
Currently under construction, the natural swimming pool is located in the heart of the King’s Cross redevelopment...
HOW TO: Attracting pollinators: Flowers that encourage bees, butterflies, and birds to visit
What is a Pollinator? noun \ˈpä-lə-ˌnā-tər\ : one that pollinates: as a : an agent (such as an insect)...
Egyptian Windcatchers Cool Vincent Callebaut’s ‘The Gate’ Residence Inspired By Coral Reefs
The Gate Project boasts several renewable energy technologies meant to assure a 50 percent energy saving and a...