There are more insects in the atmosphere than you'll ever see. In fact, you don't see them all because they fly really high. How high? NPR has an animated video with the surprising answers. When British scientist Jason...

Bill McHugh creates kinetic sculptures that are driven by natural forces like wind, sun, water, squirrels or even birds! Keeping the sculptures running literally costs peanuts — or birdseed, as the case may be...

Scientists have successfully reintroduced giant tortoises to a Galápagos island where the species once teetered on extinction, raising conservation hopes for the rest of the archipelago.A survey of Española...

The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and...

(video link) Isabella Rossellini has a new video series called Seduce Me, in which she acts out the bizarre mating rituals of different animal species. Besides the cuttlefish shown, there are videos for bedbugs, salmo...

Take a look at this lovely and cute collection of miniature copies of some animals, like the horse. Several breeds of horse are less than three feet tall!People sometimes train them as service animals (be the first on yo...

(vimeo link) There's a lot going on in a small garden pond! Mirko Faienza blends beautiful macrophotography and music in My Father's Garden. -via Metafilter...

Did you know there's a word for those stunning light beams that shoot through trees, clouds and stained glass windows? I sure didn't, but apparently the proper term is Crepuscular Rays and Environmental Graffiti has a gr...

If you have a serious phobia of frogs, rats, bees or snakes, you probably shouldn't read WebEcoist's article on the most invasive species in the world. On the other hand, if you don't have any phobias, it's fascinating t...

You may well be thinking 'The mystery of what?' but resin (the type from trees) is still something of a mystery. The jury is still out about why exactly plants secrete (or excrete, depending on what side of the argument...