Harvard vault protects the world’s rarest colors These hues can thank mummies and heavy metals for their existence. Starre Vartan The striking green color in ‘Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin’ …
6 Homemade herbicides: Kill the weeds without killing the Earth Derek Markham (@derekmarkham) It’s been said that weeds are just plants whose virtues have not yet been discovered, but if …
Bicimaquinas: The bike machines of Guatemala Sami Grover (@samigrover) Energy / Renewable Energy [embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1U0c17i” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/OyYtIdKe8nc?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=OyYtIdKe8nc&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep8391″ /] We love bikes at TreeHugger. But we tend to …
What’s happening to the fireflies? Melissa Breyer Public Domain / Fireflies at Ochanomizu by Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915) Noticing fewer fireflies? You’re not alone. Every time I write about fireflies, …
Great Barrier Reef bleaching is just one symptom of ecosystem collapse across Australia Coral bleaching has been seen on 93% of the reefs that make up the Great Barrier Reef. …
How will the Barrier Reef recover from the death of one-third of its northern corals? Mia Hoogenboom Senior Lecturer, Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University The problems caused by …
Nature Blows My Mind! Caterpillar mimics snake behavior to scare predators (Video) © D. H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs A well-known survival tactic in the natural world is an organism …
Rescued rhino and hippo calves become BFFs There’s nothing like the healing power of an interspecies friendship. Catie Leary Baby rhino Makhosi (left) gets by with a little …
World’s loneliest plant is a relic of the dinosaur age With no surviving mate, this plant is probably the rarest in the world. Bryan Nelson This clone of the last …