They don't walk all that comfortable, so why stop flying? If you've seen March of the Penguins, you probably understand the question. M... Read More

UN releases first plan for ocean floor mineral extraction. 20 to 30 years from now you will be able to say you remember a time when minin... Read More

If you've ever thrown a dinner party then you probably know this feeling you get just before the guests are due to arrive. Everything is r... Read More

Ze Frank turns nature-documentaries into comedies Nature and comedy go together. Scientist Ze Frank proves it with his video's on true ... Read More

Satellites can determine how a species varies, assist in conservation Any given species of bird probably has a variety of different songs. ... Read More

International code points to recyclability and uses Plastics have proliferated on the planet over the past century. They’ve now become an... Read More

Research shows Utricularia gibba maintains a small genome size by resisting gene duplications. Nature is beautiful and so are its mechanism... Read More

Oxygen-control genes could help treat heart attacks, strokes Turtles do everything slowly—in addition to sluggish movement, they evolve v... Read More

Study shows ways that plants may respond to sound waves Some gardeners will swear that talking to plants helps them grow. And the word in... Read More

Big trouble in the microenvironment beneath the snow. At the height of winter in many parts of the world, the ground gets covered with s... Read More

Enormous amphibian is critically endangered. Here's a nice video of a huge, endangered species in China--the Giant Chinese Salamander. ... Read More

Knowing a disaster's long-term effects too crucial for mere politics The Fukushima-Dai-ichi disaster of 2011 released a number of potential... Read More

For this majestic species, the largest of all turtles, to be stranded ashore often means death. Leatherback sea turtles are among the worldâ... Read More

Watching a falcon attacking a duck in mid-air is one thing; witnessing it from the falcon's perspective is something else. The bird, named D... Read More

Recycling system provides billions of gallons already It sounds disgusting when you first hear it. But we may be able to get drinking water... Read More

Rice farmers in Indonesia are not benefitting from new methods. In the 1980's a French priest in Madagascar by the name of Henri de La... Read More

The garbage shortage for Northern Europe's waste-to-energy plants. The practice of burning garbage to generate electricity and heat has bec... Read More

Computer model trashes old assumptions It’s been taken for granted since Darwin; species evolve through competition with each other for s... Read More

What is that neon light Jellyfish seem to have? I was recently in a boat traveling along the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul and noticed a... Read More

Big fish survive, but which one becomes big? Personality makes the difference. How did this goldfish get so big? Probably because it won wh... Read More

Ever wondered what a $1 million stone looks like? Last year this 55,000 carats matrix opal, even described as the world's largest, was d... Read More

Study illustrates the usefulness of large scale genetic surveys of zoo animals. Our close evolutionary cousin, the common chimpanzee, come... Read More

Whales give each other tips about new fishing techniques. Whales are one the most fascinating and intelligent creatures we know and we ce... Read More

An evolutionary history of life If you’re currently reading this, then you’ve likely at least heard of an event deep in Earth’s his... Read More

Still nobody knows where it all goes This movie was made next to a flooded riverbank in Latvia and uploaded on YouTube two days ago.... Read More

Where the world's old technology most often ends up. The screen you are reading these words on will most likely be thrown away within t... Read More

Oil and cleanup chemicals still damaging the US Gulf Coast. 3 years since the largest environmental disaster in the history of the Unit... Read More

First look at seismic effects of storms Superstorm-hurricane Sandy did more than damage huge swaths of the Eastern United States. It appa... Read More

Saving nature by reinventing it. To most people synthetic biology would not seem like an obvious choice when it comes to saving endangered ... Read More

An explanation for all those sleepless nights and the buzzing in your ear. Spring is in the air (depending on what part of the world yo... Read More

Scientist shows that wood can be made into food It doesn’t sound very appetizing; eating a tree branch or a wooden plank. But an engineer... Read More

Are you scared of angry geese? You're not the only one. Although it seems to be true for penises, in nature it's not all about size. Th... Read More

Hint: It moos, but passes a lot of gas. The United States is now the largest beef producer in the world. Americans eat burgers three ti... Read More

Ice free zone is dire global warming warning. The data were a shock even to climate scientists. Four years ago, researchers noticed that Ar... Read More

One man's quest to turn barren land in Northern India into a forest. The destruction of the the world's vital forests has long been hig... Read More

This smart ass raccoon uses electric wires as a two rope bridge. These cute little animals are one of the few that actually flourished ... Read More