An abandoned apartment building in Taipei houses a most unusual architectural academy: a workshop that celebrates and welcomes urban decay and ruin.

Japan's “Snow Monsters” - silent, twisted, mountain forests of stately conifers draped in frosty rime ice each winter – are under threat from climate change.

An illustrated rundown of the 8 best-to-worst energy sources as researched by Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson.

Nuclear power is a subject of hot debate in some circles, but 2 million years ago the planet was splitting Uranium atoms all on its own within the ground.

Add volcanic lightning to nature's igneous arsenal. Advances in high-speed photography show off the beauty of volcanic lightning in all its ex-static glory.

An impeller shaped like a calla lily, a cactus-like building in the desert and solar panels modeled on leaves are just a few incredible plant-inspired designs.

For six incredible months in 1969, the American side of the powerful Niagara Falls was dammed up...and the water temporarily stopped flowing.

Snow Rollers... not your grandfather's whitecaps, unless gramps is an Eskimo! This rare winter phenomenon can occur anywhere in the world if conditions are just right

Artist David Benque explores humans' aesthetic relationship with nature in this intriguing conceptual art project: a genetically engineered musical garden.

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.

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

Tough body armor, pollution-sensing robots, graceful architecture and cars designed to function like schools of fish: all examples of sea-inspired biomimicry.

With their heavy metal exteriors and tall legs, these 12 Arctic and Antarctic structures look surreal and almost sci-fi against the white polar landscape.

Armed to the gills with 32 razor-sharp teeth, the Goliath Tigerfish may be the most fearsome fish you'll ever see - just hope it doesn't see you first!

Green technology revolves around interesting uses of old products and processes. Innovation is often strange and... a little gross, at least, in these cases.