However, while we often look toward future technologies to assist in our sustainability efforts, the answer is often right in front of us: nature itself.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) made an update to its Red List of Threatened Species earlier this week at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico. The report states that one of the world’s favorite mammals—the giraffe—is now vulnerable to...
You'd never consider spiders to be symbols of romance, especially during this time of year. Depicted as hairy, with dripping fangs and far too many eyes, spiders have scared the freckles off Ron Weasley and other fellow arachnophobes. However, among the tarantulas and black widows that dream of tasty flies to gobble up, one tiny peacock...
Which animal would win in a fight? A lion or a tiger? Did you ever wonder if the polar bear would kill a walrus, or the other way around? Well, there may be answers to these hypothetical battles by looking back at the Animal Planet TV show, Animal Face-Off. The show used CGI animation and robotic animals models to portray hypothetical...
Warming temperatures, rising oceans, and worsening storms are all effects of climate change that threaten our fragile habitats. Humans can, at least temporarily, adapt our homes by building flood walls or air conditioning units to withstand increasing temperatures, but the animals in our neighborhoods and beyond have only one reliable...