Did Google Earth find Atlantis? Maybe not - but it did help locate a new human ancestor, an illegal drug farm, a heart-shaped island and more.

Caves hold secrets that took thousands of years to form. Cave photographer Stephen Alvarez captures and shares these unique environments in the uncharted underworld.

For a colorful canvas that rivals anything the masters have ever dared to use, pleasing artistic arrangements can be created with bacterial inspiration.

Disaster comes in differing bleak shades and deadly flavors, such as environmental, economic, and natural. These ghost towns were abandoned due to disasters.

Unlikely yet too cute animal BFFs look beyond immense differences for loving acceptance. Adorable interspecies friendships make us wonder, Can’t we all get along?

South Korea's planned Ecorium Project consists of huge greenhouses, beautiful nature preserves, and high-tech research and education facilities.

Deep beneath the thick ice of Antarctica's glaciers lies a two million year-old secret: an entire ecosystem of microbes unlike anything we've ever seen before.

Male pregnancy is a rare but real phenomenon in the animal kingdom, as evident in male frogs, bass, seahorses, pipefish and leafy dragon fish.

Not all of use own land for farming, but even urban dwellers can grow gardens and plants. Here are 15 fantastically futuristic plant growing design concepts.

Insects may be small but many of them scare folks big-time based on their frightening names. Here are 10 such bugs whose barks are bigger than their bites.

Often man-made, noise pollution or environmental noise is adversely affecting birds, frogs, whales, dolphins, crabs, elephants and many other animals.

Animal hybrids can occur naturally or through the machinations of Mankind - either way, the resulting hybrids can be surprisingly vigorous.

Sex is oh so good for you. Ecosex is in. Au Naturale is the most earth-friendly packaging ever. Here are 55 fantastic health benefits and reasons to have lots of sex.

Just as Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are known for great downfield vision, sea urchins, hammerhead sharks and bees possess quite eye-opening visual skills.

Sphynx cats make up for their lack of hair with an abundantly affectionate personality. If cat hair's not "fur" you, then a Sphynx cat just might be!