When we talk about solutions to the pressing concerns of deforestation, mass extinction, and climate change, we tend to think big. Designers try to engineer electric airliners. Drought-ridden ...

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Engineers regularly swipe nature's best designs for machines that humans can use. Animals are the result of thousands of years of evolution, generally giving them sleek and enviable designs. But in ...

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From backflipping cheetahs to robo-dogs that mimic man’s best friend, some of today’s most incredible robots have taken their inspiration from the animal kingdom. Now, robotics engineers at Georgia ...

Because sloths move very slowly – when they move at all – they burn relatively few calories, thus requiring little food. Scientists have now applied that principle to a sluggish but energy-efficient ...

High above the Canopy Walk, inside the fertile hardwood forests teeming with tulip poplars and Southern silverbells, is a sloth just hanging around. Take a stroll down the Storza Woods in Atlanta ...

For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world's most endangered species.