Can bribes save the rainforest?
A popular solution for deforestation has been to offer locals payments for NOT cutting down trees. But does this system actually work?
Digital artist creates "visual sounds" from Amazonian birdsongs (Video)
Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.
Beautiful new see-through frog puts whole heart on display
The new-to-science Amazonian glassfrog has skin so transparent that its tiny heart can be seen beating in its chest.
Amazon tribe has the healthiest hearts ever studied
Heart attacks and strokes are virtually unknown among the Tsimane people of the Bolivian rainforest. What can we learn from this?
Meet the extraordinary catfish that travels the width of South America
The dorado catfish swims more than 7,200 miles, making it the world champion of freshwater fish migration.
Drones will uncover the history of humans in the Amazon
Using special laser surveying equipment, the drones will discover how ancient tribes lived.
Photo: Welcome to the world, baby tree frog!
A young Ecuador slender-legged tree frog considers a fern.
2015 sets record for murders of environmental activists
Something to put all the composting, shorter showers and EV talk in perspective.
Field Museum finds 1,820 species in previously unexplored Peruvian Amazon
‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’
Mysterious 4-mile long river in Peru is so hot it actually boils
Now confirmed, the legendary boiling river deep in the Amazon was long considered an impossibility due to its distance from active volcanoes.
Rare footage captured of an isolated tribe in the Amazon rainforest
The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.
Amazon deforestation rate up 88 percent over last year
Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.
Newly Discovered Spider Builds Lifelike Decoys
For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.
19 Incredible Human Accomplishments
Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.
Amazon Deforestation Drops 23% Since Last Year
The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.
Could These Spider-Like, Human-Sized Webs Refine Rainforest Research?
This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.
150 Amazon Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
Where the words and appeals of those indigenous tribes destined to be displaced by the dam had failed, nearly two-hundred native Amazonians have now gathered in a last ditch effort to protect their homeland using their bodies.
Illegal Amazon Gold: Fight to Protect the Amazon Unites Celebrity Artists, War Journalists, and You
"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"
Save an Endangered Cacao Tree with Cool Earth this Easter
Love chocolate? Help protect endangered cacao trees and the livelihoods of the Asháninka people.
Google Street View Maps the Amazon
A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.
How design decisions on materials are "disproportionately damning the world to further climate change"
Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.
Libeskind "crystal" at Toronto's ROM gets a little more welcoming
"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."
Brooks+Scarpa turn air shafts into architecture
It's wonderful to see architects take small interventions for housing for the homeless so seriously.
British architects declare climate and biodiversity emergency
Architects all over the world should be doing this too.
How to be a good tourist
Everyone is talking about "overtourism" these days. I was recently part of the problem.
Lessons from Le Corbusier in sustainable design
Really, there is a lot to love about his work that applies to green building. Really.
Enchanting off-grid floating home can be yours for $210K
This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.
Buy the Dusky Parakeet, an (almost) tiny house that floats
Currently moored in London's St. Katharine Docks, this lovely modern houseboat is on the market for £290,000.
MVRDV's Taipei Twin Towers are wrapped in "interactive media façades"
This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.
Stacked two-story shipping container home has roof terrace
This shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.
This algae-powered exterior cladding turns polluted air into fresh oxygen
This modular curtain could help existing buildings photosynthesize oxygen and get rid of pollution in cities.
Backyard garage shed converted into modern 'Granny Pad'
An old garage shed is transformed into a spacious little home for one grandmother, living near her kids and grandkids.
Coworking-inspired school gets kids to learn through interactive play
Created by BIG and WeWork, this open-plan school in NYC offers another model for education.
Lofty eco-resort treehouse is built with locally sourced wood
This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.
Experimental mini-greenhouse plays host to urban plants & bees
This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.
What's the future of the gas station?
A competition invites designers to come up with ideas, but really, it's old news. They have been disappearing for years.
2019 Radical Innovations Awards are not too innovative or radical
But the hotel design competition is always interesting, even in an off year.
The judges get it right with the 2019 Evolo Skyscraper Competition
Lots of great ideas for green building in this year's crop.
Rooftop modular wooden homes proposed for Berlin
Metsä Wood design competition produces very interesting entries, like this one from Sigurd Larsen.
Some like it hut: It's Shed of the Year Time!
This being TreeHugger, we look at the eco-sheds first.
The 2018 Evolo Competition entries are wonders of drawing talent and imagination
It always amazes, how much work people do for this.
12 storey tall wood tower to be built on Toronto waterfront
Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects win design competition.
Museum roof in Norway held up by a forest of columns
Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings.
International Tiny House competition results are....interesting
Not coming soon from a modular company near you.
Winners of the INDEX: Design to Improve Life Awards announced
They really do live up to their billing this year.
Deep Performance Dwelling built in Montreal for Solar Decathlon China 2018
It's urban, Passive House and prefab. What's not to love?
Skyscraper is a giant vending machine for 3D printed homes
Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing
SkyCity Challenge: a design competition to figure out how to use the world's tallest prefab
There are 17 atriums that need to be filled with creative uses.
Fabulous floating cities promise freedom
A design competition shows ideas that might soon be floating off French Polynesia