biomimicry

Volcano-Inspired Halo Tower Wins Third Place at the Antenna Tower Santiago Competition

[gallery_extend] The competition jury made the decision based on several factors, including technical...

Israeli industrial designer Shlomi Mir has created a tumbleweed-inspired robot that uses wind power to study desertification...

Researchers at New York University’s Applied Math Lab unveiled a new drone inspired by nature that mimics the...

In business, innovation is non-negotiable. Stay fresh, rot, or go stale. That’s never been truer than today,...

[gallery_extend] [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/46017357 [/vimeo] Will Beckers (known as The Willowman) creates...

Did you know a coven of vultures swirling overhead is called a 'kettle?' I love that. It makes me think of a fortune...

As we shift away from fossil fuels, many utilities have focused on building the biggest and most powerful wind...

I’m fascinated by creatures that create new ways of life for others. Ecologists talk about ‘keystone species,’...

This morning I awoke to a blanket of soft white icing on the mountains around the Montana cabin I'm staying at,...

In my last column for , I mentioned the way the sea snake keeps herself clean of barnacles and algae by shedding...

I'm off to the wilds of Montana this week, doing some in-person, up-close biomimicry research, and I've got my...

Let's say you decided to live in the ocean. Can you imagine the challenges you would face? Lot's of land animals...

The frigate bird is a powerful and aggressive seabird, with a deserved reputation as the pirate of the high seas....

With a comically tiny mouth and a blunt cauliflower tail, the ocean sunfish is little more than a swimming head....

Humpback whale image from Shutterstock Whales are some of the most extreme creatures on Earth. The 115 foot,...