At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at studio Marina68 in Barcelona have worked with this local material and created a series of furniture, that embrace craftsmanship and eco-friendly materials. Have a look below for some of our favourites....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photos: Courtesy of Arqom. Argentine design firm Arqom (whose furniture with reclaimed and local wood was previously featured at TreeHugger) has come up with a new, neat product. The Gran Chaco articulated table gathers and combines discs of wood from different sizes to create surfaces that meet your current needs. More pics inside....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photos by Benjamin Boccas via Paul Coudamay TreeHugger has shown many ways to hide the bed; most are designed to gain more space. But the Red Nest by Paul Coudamay doesn't; the bed is still there taking up space, but is hidden by the sliding bookcase. Why do it?...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photos via The Nature Conservancy, credit: Paulo Petry Turns out deep sea crabs aren't the only underwater wildlife to eat wood. An Amazonian armored catfish does too. A new species with teeth shaped like spoons for scooping up wood from fallen logs has been discovered by freshwater scientist Paulo Petry in the Fitzgarald arch, a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon. And, in what seems to be the daily narrative of newly di...Read the full story on TreeHugger

The rare brown fish-owls recently spotted in Turkey are threatened by continued dam construction, against which protests have been increasing. The sign at right reads "We are taking ownership of our rivers, our culture, our future." Photos via the Hürriyet Daily News (left) and Bianet (right). The annual heat and humidity of August -- and, this year, the start of the f...Read the full story on TreeHugger