It's impossible to ignore the facts about rising sea levels, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other environmental issues when they're this catchy & colorful.

Where to toilets, trailers, vending machines and other objects go when they're busted and unwanted? To disturbing and fascinating object cemeteries like these.

From skulls of victims of Bhopal's toxic gas leak to the apocalyptic scenes of mountaintop removal mining, these photos will leave you speechless.

From orchids that trick bees into copulating with them to leaves with faked disease, these 12 plants skilled in mimicry have evolved to deceive.

Will the bicycles of the future charge our laptops, harness pedal power or even float on water? These concept designs give us a glimpse at the possibilities.

These unforgettable viral videos show animals at their cutest and at their most human. These are the adorable memes that just keep going and going.

Our bodies contain more bacteria cells than human cells. They're in our mouths and guts, on our skin, and they can both help us and hurt us.

These incredible natural landscape formations and man-made designs resembling faces and figures are made to be seen from airplanes or Google Earth.

Mundane subjects like feathers, human taste buds and a drop of pond water become utterly fascinating and even beautiful when photographed with microscopes.

The world's largest public gardens, greenhouses, zoos and natural history museums offer plenty of space to stretch out and learn about nature.

What do the green cars, bikes and mass transit systems of tomorrow look like? They're sleek, futuristic and in some cases, bizarre and impractical.

From a man-sized flower that smells like rotting corpses to a pitcher plant that eats rats, these 15 plant species are among the most unusual in the world.

From an "eco-smart" company placing ads on a Hummer to McDonald's literally painting its logo green, these 15 examples of greenwashing are totally absurd.

If the worst happens and a deluge forces us to live on the sea, at least these architects have us covered with amazing offshore building concepts.

From a 12,600-calorie gummi bear to a burger that weighs more than a grown man, here are 15 record-breaking food items of ridiculous proportions.

Some protesters will do anything to call attention to their causes, like skinning and eating a cat or putting a dead whale in the street.

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.

Horror movies are made of these: shockingly gross, bizarre parasites that will have you scratching yourself in paranoia.

Afraid of heights? Even the photos of some of these insanely tall towers, lookouts and glass balconies will make your head swim.

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.