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

Photos: Adi Zaffran Weisler and Oded Antman Wood and plastic may seem irreconcilable at first glance, but in Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler's furniture series RAWtation, the raw n' rustic meets moulded, industrial forms in a simply striking set of textural geometries and materials that seems to finally lay their differences to rest. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Susan Cianciolo Fall 2010 Collection at New York Fashion Week. Credit: Emma Grady The countdown begins! New York Fashion Week's The GreenShows have released the lineup of ethical fashion designers showing their spring/summer 2011 collections on September 12-14. Last season, we brought you photos and video from the front row of the runway shows and this year we'll be at it again. Click through for ten fashion designers showing their environmentally- and socially-responsible garments during Eco Fashion Week at the Read the full story on TreeHugger

Images from metiviergallery: Oil Spill #4, Oil Skimming Boat near Ground Zero, May 12, 2010, chromogenic print The Canadian photographer, Ed Burtynsky, has been photographing the impact of industrialization on the environment for the last 30 years. His huge colour photographs depict the toll that environmental disasters are taking on human beings and the landscape. In May 2010 Burtynsky travelled to the Gulf of Mexico to photograph the oil spill. The series of 9 photos on display at a Read the full story on TreeHugger