These 12 designs and inventions take inspiration from the sea and the marine life it contains, from a robot squid to an earthquake-resistant man-made island.

Surrounded by the searing sand dunes of the Sahara, Libya's Ubari Lakes offer intrepid travelers a refreshing splash of beauty that's more than just a mirage.

These 7 amazing weather-predicting animals offer us more insight into weather's whimsy than Phil Connors on a good day. Now for today's fur-cast...

Green travel doesn't always mean roughing it. These 12 luxurious eco resorts offer all the perks of a pampering getaway in an environmentally responsible manner.

The world's largest landfill - located on the notoriously smelly Staten Island - is being rehabbed into an incredible 2,200-acre public park.

Martin Usborne is a London-based photographer whose exhibition "MUTE: The Silence of Dogs in Cars" is a gorgeous exhibition of a mundane parking lot event.

In the Australian summer of 2008/09, a proliferation of a glowing organism turned one lake into an alien world featuring luminescent blue water.

Need a boost to your passion for nature? Here are some unusual and rare plants that will definitely pique your interest.

That's not a bat in the sky - it's a surveillance camera. Scientists and engineers are looking toward animal and human biology to inspire inventions like these.

Cheese, glorious cheese! Coagulated, moldy mammal milk, mmm... and not just from goats & cows anymore, either. Ready to cut the cheese? OK, a whey we go!

Incredible macro and microscope photography gives us a look at worms and bugs like fleas, maggots and even head lice that we can't get with the naked eye.

To keep animals safe in the White River National Forest, this unique living green crossing would provide a comfortable means for crossing over Interstate 70.

Attempts to colonize Russia's lonely Wrangel Island have come at a terrible price – a poisonous legacy of environmental despoliation on a massive scale.

Designers and architects take a close look at butterflies, beetles and other insects and arachnids to inspire more efficient solar panels, buildings and more.

Philadelphia's eco-friendly Out on a Limb treehouse/boardwalk at the Morris Arboretum Tree Adventure gives visitors a chance to experience the forest canopy.