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To most of us, going on vacation means finding an idyllic location where one can indulge in favorite activities.…
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Red tides kill huge schools of fish, poison oyster and shellfish beds, and leave swimmers' skin itchy, irritated…
environmentOur Fiend The Atom: INES Rates The Worst Nuclear Accidents
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, joins a…
environmentWhite Out: Global Warming Is Melting Japan’s Snow Monsters
“Snow Monsters” - silent, twisted, mountain forests of stately conifers draped in frosty rime ice each…
environmentSnow Foolin’: Completely Insane Pics of Japanese Snowfall
The winter of 2010-2011 brought an epic, historic amount of snow to the East coast of the United States. Many…
animalsCrossing Over: Modular Green Wildlife Bridge Concept
We’re used to seeing projects that help humans get around (like highways and pedestrian crossings) but it is…
environmentSiberian Rusty: Russia’s Despoiled Wrangel Island
There are few places on earth more hostile to human life than Russia's Wrangel Island - when it comes to climate,…
animalsArmed To The Teeth: Africa’s Terrifying Goliath Tigerfish
The Goliath Tigerfish may be the most fearsome fish you'll ever see - and you'd better hope it doesn't see you…
environmentHot For A Cause: Activist Art Using Massed Candles
Few things are more fragile than a candle in the wind, but assemble thousands of candles to form complex…
environmentFan-Tastic! 10 Cool Colorful Wind Turbine Designs
Thousands of bats and birds die each year pursuing insects that are attracted to wind turbines but a new study out…
environmentWave Goodbye: 10 Of The World’s Worst Toxic Floods
The recent red deluge of alkaline sludge that flooded news channels (and some unfortunate towns in Hungary) is…
environmentHail & Hailstones: A Cold Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
Bob Dylan wasn't referencing hail when he wrote "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" back in '62 but as innumerable…
natureSurprise Finds: 10 Strange Yet Exciting New Species
(Images via: Gabrielle Wang, Science Codex, Baanmaha, Bangko Biz News, OMG Log, The Were 42, National Geographic,…
natureHappy Fourth of July: 7 x 4 = 28 Patriotic Animal Pictures
(Images via: Photobucket, Costume Cats, Flickr, Costume Dogs, Critteristic, PBase) While dressing animals in…
natureHappy Father’s Day: 20 Awesome Animal Dads
(Images via: Flickr, Science Blogs, Citizen Arcane, Sea World, Conservation Report, PBS, Discovery, Flickr, Toad…
natureRoad Warriors: 4 Extreme Long-Distance Animal Travelers
Life is a long, arduous road full of many twists and turns. Just ask bar-tailed godwits, European eels, estuarine…
animalsHousing On The Wing: 10 Bitingly Bizarre Bat Houses
Bats... these fascinating, furry, flying mammals do humanity a great service by eating uncounted numbers of…
natureJaws 7: Amazing New Shark Tales and Discoveries
(Images via: Scrape TV, Flickr, Discovery, Reef Ed, Big Blue Tech, Pagog, Mom and Pop’s Internet Shop) During a…
environmentBackwards Vending: Machine Pays For Recyclables
Most of us are familiar with the concept of vending machines: after you put money in, the machine gives you…
natureExtreme Eco-Fashion: 10 Recycled Critter Collections
Human beings have relied on the innate warmth and coziness of animal skins for ages, and back in the day with…
