Millions of used tires litter landfills worldwide. Why not turn them into roof shingles, bracelets, chairs, sculptures and entire houses like these?

Every part of boats - from sails and oars to the vessels themselves - can be useful long beyond their life at sea as furniture, decor, gardens and sheds.

The New7Wonders of Nature campaign has winnowed 440 prospects down to just 28 "Official Finalist Candidates" with voting scheduled to end on November 11, 2011.

These 14 hot, hearty and filling vegetarian recipes for fall and winter are the ultimate in meat-free comfort food, from eggplant casserole to avocado chili.

A robot can climb vertical surfaces - without using suction cups, sticky adhesive or magnets - thanks to a design based on the unusual biology of a gecko's foot.

An abundance of animals bear the burden of doubly descriptive names. An identity crisis in the making? The animals aren't saying so it's up to us to decide.

The earth is bright and beautiful, but it is also dark and frightening, as shown by these 15 shiver-inducing landscape photos of storms, forests and more.