What is natural and what is man-made? Is there a line between the two? Ecosystems are subjectively defined and nature is one of the most difficult subjects to pin down, yet it offers us incredible insights while ecosystems provide us with vital knowledge about how to live sustainably on the planet.
DIY Ecology: 4 Ways To Engineer A New Earth
Re-engineering the global ecology to fight climate change, or shifting the planet to a new orbit...hey, what could possibly go wrong?
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Animal Prosthetics: Uplifting Stories of Rehabilitation
From artificial turtle flippers to replacement dolphin tails, animal prosthetics aim to save injured animals and help them regain as much functionality.
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32 Stunning and Spectacular Sea Arches
Whether you worked hard today or can't seem to find work, let's take a break from the stress. Get ready for your journey to see 32 stunning and spectacular sea arches.
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Shore Beauty: The World's 10 Most Amazing Beaches
Life's a beach, but not just any beach will do. These 10 amazing beaches showcase the most beautiful sandy shores ever to rock your world!
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Surreal Science: 10 Sensational New Discoveries
Telepathy helmets, spray-on solar cells and seeing through a tooth: they may seem unlikely or even impossible, but these are real recent scientific discoveries.
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Language of Love: Unique Animal Mating Habits
From the love songs of the Mexican free-tailed bat to the dangerous, seductive dance of redback spiders, the language of love is loud and clear in the animal world.
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Glaring Answers: How We're Taking A New Shine To UV
Sunburn and skin-damage, sun-cream and sea-damage...can't we make our relationship to UV light a healthier one? You bet - take a look at these examples!
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Literal Tree Houses: Amazing Homes Built with Whole Trees
There's something primitive about the sophisticated homes designed by Whole Trees Architecture: they use whole, young-growth trees in amazing, beautiful ways.
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Do The White Thing: 7 More Amazing Albino Animals
The distinctive lack of skin pigment displayed by albino animals, as these 7 examples show, is complemented by the beauty and rarity of its presentation.
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13 of Nature’s Most Disgusting Parasites
Horror movies are made of these: shockingly gross, bizarre parasites that will have you scratching yourself in paranoia.
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Hungry, Hungry Animals: 10 Unique Stories of Consumption
From bonobos ranking food by sound to rats falling in love with junk food, animal appetites, eating habits and consumption are tales of the cool and absurd.
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Fulgurites: High-Glass Digs Where Lightning Goes To Die
As fragile as they are beautiful, fulgurites (so-called "petrified lightning") are the next best thing to holding a lightning bolt in your hand!
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Nature's Halloween Tricks: 31 Scary Deep Sea Monsters
From vampire squid and fangtooth to viperfish and blobfish, nature is full of deep sea monsters that are perfect for inciting a scare on Halloween.
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That's Hot: The 10 Most Amazing Deserts
Sun, sand and heat are the basic recipe for any amazing desert but like any creative cook, Mother Nature reaches for the spice to make things extra nice.
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Nature’s Assassins: Pretty but Deadly Plants
From a tree that can make you go blind to pretty flowers that can make you keel over in minutes, these plants are not as innocent as they seem.
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