Our photo of the day comes from the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Baby stick insect proves that Mother Nature is a mad genius (video)

It’s an industrial design approach, a product that is refined almost to perfection.

Source: TreeHugger – Citizen M hotel is a demonstration of the promise of prefabrication

The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters.

Source: TreeHugger – Why wasps attack and how to avoid them

Samoa’s To Sua Ocean Trench is a natural salt water swimming hole that looks too beautiful to be real.

Source: TreeHugger – The most magical salt water swimming hole is in Samoa

Pigeons sure, but urban eagles and city vultures? A beautifully illustrated new book, Urban Aviary, spills their secrets.

Source: TreeHugger – 7 of the most surprising urban birds found in US cities

The ‘marrot’ is a bad joke that shows how out of touch with reality the fast food chain is.

Source: TreeHugger – Arby’s has made a carrot out of meat

It’s the eternal struggle for anyone tasked with feeding themselves.

Source: TreeHugger – 5 ways to make healthy cooking easier

Let this 14-inch goldfish caught in the Niagara River be your answer.

Source: TreeHugger – What happens when you flush a goldfish down the toilet?

Get all the plastic-free household goods you need – without breaking the bank.

Source: TreeHugger – Join Etee, an innovative plastic-free buyers’ club

Our photo of the day comes from Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Food delivery, woodpecker style

Discovered in a cave, the surprising find reveals a fast and giant bird that weighed almost as much as a polar bear.

Source: TreeHugger – 11-foot-tall bird discovered in Crimea

Here are 4 common problems with tomatoes during the summer – and tips for how to fix them.

Source: TreeHugger – What’s wrong with my tomato plant? We have the answer

Need some houseplant inspiration? These are the plants getting the most love on Instagram.

Source: TreeHugger – 10 most popular houseplants on Instagram

Already suffering a perilous decline, the deaths of 4 North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this month doesn’t bode well for the species.

Source: TreeHugger – Grandmother, grandfather among rare whales who’ve died in 3 weeks

New research shows that a Western-style diet can permanently kill off sperm-producing cells by age 18.

Source: TreeHugger – Junk food causes irreversible damage to young men’s fertility

An alarming case study in the North Atlantic bolsters Greenpeace’s call for a Global Ocean Treaty.

Source: TreeHugger – Sharks under attack: These animals are overfished and underprotected

Our photo of the day comes from Rio Branco do Sul, Brazil.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: The beguiling wings of an orange cracker butterfly

The notorious lab saved 12 lives and recovered 41 bodies during her career as a search and rescue dog.

Source: TreeHugger – Mexico navy announces Frida the rescue dog is retiring

Collective nouns for animals are weird and wonderful – here’s where they came from.

Source: TreeHugger – A ‘shrewdness’ of apes and other odd group names

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

Source: TreeHugger – France is being hit by a massive heat wave. Will it change the country and the culture?