Biomimicry: Ant movements inspire tunnel-digging robots
Biomimicry is a great tool to solve problems. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we can often look at the solutions that nature has come up with over millions of years of trials & errors.
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New species of porcupine discovered in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
"Given the rate of destruction in this area, where 98 percent of the original Northeastern Atlantic Forest has already been destroyed, imagine how many species could have gone extinct before we even knew about them," says researcher Antonio Pontes.
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Puerto Rico creates an ecological corridor to protect leatherback turtles
Leatherback turtles, which are rated "critically endangered" on the IUCN's Red List, are finally getting a break.
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Chinese boat crashes in protected coral reef... with thousands of illegally killed pangolins on board
It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.
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12 most amazing time-lapse videos of stars, landscapes, and urban scenes
These videos will completely make your day, maybe even your whole week. For some of them, they might even make your whole year!
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Village in India plants 111 trees every time a girl is born
One quaint village in India has adopted a wonderfully eco-conscious tradition that is actually helping to ensure a greener future with each new generation.
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PSA: Beware of beaver attacks! (video)
Leave wild animals alone.
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Do dolphins, whales, chimps and elephants deserve "human" rights?
Where does it end? Andy Revkin raises the kinds of questions that make you think about your dinner.
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At least 241 manatee deaths caused by toxic red algae bloom in Florida
Manatees were already endangered in Florida, but they've apparently just become even more so because of a toxic red algae bloom off the western coast of the state.
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Nature Blows My Mind! The ocellated icefish has transparent blood and no scales
The almost infinite variety of life on Earth keeps surprising and puzzling us.
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Former NBA player recalls the time he saved a dolphin by reaching his arm down its throat
Known on the court for his skills at shot-blocking and rebounding, former pro basketballer Clifford Ray's exceptionally long arms once saved an animal's life.
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U.S. is training dogs to sniff out smuggled ivory and rhino horns
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has 4 new graduates that will make life harder for wildlife smugglers.
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28,000 rivers go missing in China's lastest waterway survey... Oops?!
Until recently, China's government estimated that there were over 50,000 rivers and waterways with catchment areas of at least 100 square kilometers.
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If the Earth were 100 pixels wide...
A great reminder of just how small and isolated the Pale Blue Dot that we call home truly is.
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After 46 years at NASA, climate scientist James Hansen retires
Dr. James E. Hansen, who has been with NASA for 46 years and head of the Goddard Institute for Space Research since 1981, has announced that he was retiring from the space agency this week.
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China is overfishing its official catch number by 12x (!!!), report shows
A recent study estimates how much fish China's distant-water fleet has been catching around the world between 2000 and 2011, and the numbers are shocking.
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Student launches free café serving food gathered from dumpsters
"The things we find, are jaw dropping," says founder Maximus Thaler.
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Climate models for past 15 years proved extremely accurate
Modelling complex systems, such as our planet's global climate, isn't about predicting exactly what is going to happen. That's just too hard. But it can give us a much better idea of what is likely to take place.
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16,000 dead pigs found in Chinese river, threatening Shanghai's water supply
Something is seriously wrong with China's agricultural system. Over the past month, around 16,000 rotting pig carcasses (as well as a thousand ducks...) have been fished out of the Jiapingtang.
