The effects of their bites range from painful to deadly for humans, and they inject their prey with lethal salivary secretions that immobilize them and ease ingestion and digestion.

From cows aligning on a North-South axis to baby turtles using built-in GPS to navigate oceans, animals are affected by terrestrial magnetism in amazing ways.

Did you know that things from your local park or even household decorations could be fatal? Here are some of the most deadly poisonous plants around the world.

From the odd forest of Chile to the stretches of icy Northern rainforest to bizarre cork woods in Europe, here are the most wondrous, odd threatened forests.

Many primates have amazingly complex social structures, long evolutionary histories - but many are endangered in part due to the most infamous primates of all: us.

Fractals are a wonder - too irregular for geometry; seemingly infinite. They turn up in food, germs, plants, mountains and more. Here are 18 stunning fractals.

You've seen goats that scream like a man, goats that can climb trees but ... goats that faint at the slightest spook?

Adaptive reuse is usually used to refer to buildlings that are converted for humans ... but what about ones that are made into new homes for marine life?

There are a million different ways to guerilla garden, but whether you choose to do it solo or with a group, in a public space or in a neighboring junkyard ...

Imagine the ground opening up beneath your home and sucking it into the earth in a matter of moments. These sinkholes are some of the most incredible examples.

Ever wanted to make things greener around you but ... those pesky laws were getting in the way? Well, we don't advocate breaking them per say but ...

It is mostly the cute and fuzzy endangered animals that flash across your television screen - but what about the strange, bizarre and ugly ones not normally featured?

What is our world coming to? Here is a brief overview of environmental problems, challenges and potential solutions we are confronted with today.

The origins and evolution of the what we now know as the green movement. Its roots are complex and at time surprising.

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