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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.

Crossing Over: Modular Green Wildlife Bridge Concept

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.

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Siberian Rusty: Russia's Despoiled Wrangel Island

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

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Booming Industry: GM Recycling Oil Booms in Chevy Volt Parts

All of those used oil booms from the BP disaster have to go somewhere. GM is recycling them into parts for their new hybrid vehicle, the Volt.

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Bon Location: Filmdom's 10 Most Exotic Destinations

Movies aren't always filmed on location but when they are, the results can be spectacular – like these 10 exotic hot spots Hollywood showcases so well.

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Deadly Hide and Seek: 17 Examples of Nature's Best Camouflage

There's a subset of creatures who utilize camouflage to evade predators. These niche practitioners of the art of camouflage have evolved with fantastic results.

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12 Weird Animals And Unearthly Creatures

From the mundane ugly Condor to the creepiest monsters from the ocean floor, take a look at some of the world's most unusual beasts.

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Good Day At Black Rock: 10 Cool Columnar Basalt Formations

Columnar basalt formations like Devils Tower and the Giant's Causeway have amazed and mystified humans from time immemorial... and today, they still do!

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The Earth as Art: 18 Stunning Satellite Images

Satellite imagery isn't captured solely for scientific purposes - these incredible images by EROS highlight the beauty of river deltas, mountains and fjords.

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Fin Day For A Stroll: Seven Amazing Walking Fish

A fish out of water? In my environment? It's more likely than you think, as these 7 amazing walking fish gladly step forward to show.

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Super Fun Superfund? 13 Reclaimed Toxic Sites

Some have been 'cleaned up' by the EPA and others have just been designated, but all of these 13 Superfund sites have been reclaimed for recreation.

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Breathtaking Views of Mexico's Hidden Underwater River

Far beneath the surface of the water in a cave on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula sits a magical secret: a spectacular river the flows even underwater.

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Berry Nice! 12 Amazing, Odd & Unusual Fruits

Fruits are available in many more varieties than ever before, some of them decidedly odd. Are you up for strange fruit? Here are a dozen, ripe for the picking.

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It's Alive! 13 Examples of Green Growing Furniture

From mushrooms growing on benches to moss bath mats and even live crystals on chairs, these 13 furniture designs are unusually vivacious.

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Stoned Souls: Bizarre Human-Shaped Rocks Sculpted By Nature

Pareidolia - seeing human features where they don't actually exist - raises its head when we observe bizarre human-shaped rocks like the examples depicted here.

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Some Fine Dam Climbing: Goats Scaling Steep Vertical Wall

The daring sport of rock climbing isn't just for humans - these Alpine ibex are skilled climbers who make good use of a salt-encrusted dam wall in Italy.

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