How does nature make durable materials like corals without heat or a kiln? How do peacock feathers get their beautiful colors? And how do geckos stick to all kinds of surfaces, allowing them to run up ...

Last month a sweltering heat wave hit the US, with national temperatures rising to over 100 °F (38 °C) for longer periods than ever before experienced on even the doggiest days of summer. From Texas ...

Looking for homeschooling ideas away from a screen? A walk around the backyard, surrounded by nature, can inspire a question, story or art. Nurturing a garden can improve math, science and cooperation ...

It’s a scientific fact that there’s nothing cuter than a baby sloth in a bucket. But even if Facebook ‘likes’ turn out not to correlate with biological fitness, sloths are a runaway success by any ...

Did you know a coven of vultures swirling overhead is called a ‘kettle?’ I love that. It makes me think of a fortune teller’s black magic tea-leaves, steeping in her stove-top cauldron. And of course, ...

Biomimicry is packed with the natural world’s inherent innovations and solutions to problems. Vancouver writer Dora Lee has pulled together dozens of examples of the ways science follows nature’s lead ...

Taking inspiration from nature to solve human problems is the idea behind "biomimicry," or "biomimetics." Over time, evolution has led to some incredible developments, from the photosynthetic ...