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What is natural and what is man-made? Is there a line between the two? Ecosystems are subjectively defined and nature is one of the most difficult subjects to pin down, yet it offers us incredible insights while ecosystems provide us with vital knowledge about how to live sustainably on the planet.

Urban Land Project Transforms Commercial to Green Space

There's more to the city than concrete and steel, and artist Tim Plemmons aims to remind residents of that fact with massive, vivid images of nearby nature.

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Hot Licks: The World's 10 Most Amazing Anteaters

Anteaters are Nature's “termite terminators”, and these bizarre creatures have perfected the art of ant-eating to such a fine degree they can eat little else.

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Lilliputian Landscapes: Paper Sculptures in Mini Bottles

A Tokyo artist uses his architectural model making skills to create these gorgeous miniature sculptures in tiny glass bottles.

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Garden to Go: Vegetation Takes Over Chicago Train Car

Want to take that green on the road? This lovely art project put a lush garden in a Chicago train car and circled downtown for hours.

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Impossible Pillars: Another Natural Wonder of the World

China's Zhangjiajie National Park features breathtaking geological formations - seemingly gravity-defying pillars that inspired the floating mountains in Avatar.

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Salty Power: Renewable Tidal Energy From Floating Platforms?

Could we one day harness the awesome power of tidal waves with sea-bound platforms? One designer thinks this method could be the answer for clean power.

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21 Magnificent Moon Photos: Phases, Eclipses & More

From fascinating phenomena and optical effects like earthshine and eclipses to phases, movement & texture, these images show off the moon in all its beauty.

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Elegant Tree Building is Half Learning, Half Play

This gorgeous building mixes work and play to create a singularly fantastic addition to a Japanese kindergarten site.

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The Great Outdoors: Office Space Goes Green and Open-Air

This fun installation is part art, part social commentary, and all eco-friendly. Designers moved an entire office outdoors and took "green" to the extreme!

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Blushing Hides: 10 Amazing Pink Animals

These 10 amazing animals are in the pink and they're not afraid to show it. Pink pigmentation isn't common in the animal kingdom but it IS uncommonly beautiful.

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Blowing Off Steam: The World's 10 Most Amazing Geysers

Geysers have entranced observers from time immemorial with their sudden appearances, explosive power and the ability to conjure up rainbows on a cloudless day.

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Island In the (Air)Stream: Floating Sculpture Goes Missing

Have you seen this island? The creators are searching for the lushly vegetated floating sculpture after it was cut free during a U.K. festival in July.

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Naturayarte: Nature and Art Meet in Delicate Cut Leaves

Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran uses a traditional paper cutting technique to carve delicate designs into leaves he hand-picks.

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Ahead Of The Curve: Hudson Bay's Semicircular Nastapoka Arc

Hudson Bay's Nastapoka Arc may superficially resemble the many frozen lava “seas” of the moon but its actual origins are much more down to Earth.

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China's Sea Of Green Algae Has Beachgoers Seeing Red

Summer's arrived and China's green menace (a massive bloom of stringy, slimy, and smelly Enteromorpha Prolifera algae) has returned as well... we kudzu not!

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