Adorable celebrity pigs might make you rethink your bacon sandwich
[gallery_extend] The adorable pigs live with their human mom, Melissa Nicholson, in Ponte Vedre Beach,...
Vanishing land snails signal the 6th mass extinction is happening now
Vanishing rhinos, elephants and polar bears get a lot of press, but researchers warn that disappearing invertebrates...
This colorful Bienenhaus is a bee castle that provides sanctuary for 16 beehives
[gallery_extend] A Bienenhaus (literally translating as "house of the bees") is often found as an out building near...
Killing dogs and cats for meat is still legal in 44 U.S. states
China's massive dog meat festival is an annual source of international outrage, and the Humane Society has recently...
Hay Stack Café raises goats and hens in the heart of Philadelphia
[gallery_extend] The design team proposed to source every material for the temporary structure locally,...
Nature lover makes incredibly detailed map of park's individual trees
Long time East Village resident Michael Natale really loves Tompkins Square Park. So much so, in fact, that the...
Poachers have killed half the elephants in Mozambique in the last five years
Over the last five years, poachers in Mozambique have killed almost half of the elephants in the country for their ivory....
Tidal Vision upcycles Alaskan fishing industry waste into wallets
[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjaTibTIlTc] Getting out of the shower and pulling on a bunch of crab...
Bjarke Ingels chosen to design swanky yet 'affordable' High Line-hugging condos in Chelsea
It looks like ubiquitous Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group is the latest to join the list of famous...
Project B connects urban beekeeping with the needs of restaurants
Fundamental to the biodiversity cycle, and essential to our food chain, bee populations in industrial countries...
It's raining millions of spiders in Australia
First they show up like shooting stars, but as they come closer, it's clear that they're some kind of UFO. Then,...
Missouri scientists may have a cure for white-nose syndrome in bats
Could a bacteria commonly found in plants and soil save bats from a deadly fungal disease called White-nose Syndrome?...
World's first warm-blooded fish is faster and smarter than its cold-blooded cousins
All fish are cold-blooded, right? Not anymore, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Atelier COLE’s Bamboo Trees combats illegal Moon Bear trade in Laos
[gallery_extend] The nonprofit Free the Bears was founded to combat the illegal trade of bears—mostly...
Ocean dead zone near African coast shows lowest oxygen levels ever recorded
The dead zones are spreading. No, it’s not a sign of the zombie apocalypse, though the consequences could be...
