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 Smelly Seeds Fool Dung Beetles When you’re a plant, it’s not easy to make sure your seeds are spread far and wide and safely buried. Unless you can trick a …

Is it time to break with colonial legacy of zoos? Menageries of the 19th century brought exotic animals (and people) to Western society – as do many zoos today.  The shooting …

The Weirdest Senses Animals Have That You Don’t Credit: Getty Images People like to imagine that they’re the pinnacle of evolution, but the animal kingdom suggests otherwise. The discovery that …

Drinking Problems Getting nectar from the depths of a flower is no easy task. Slow motion video reveals how two kinds of bats have evolved two very different methods, using …

[embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1OjTHUt” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EzZzZ_qpZ4w?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=EzZzZ_qpZ4w&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1003″ /] Can You Dig This explores the urban gardening revolution currently taking place in South Central Los Angeles, one of the largest food …

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=&notes=” id=”ep8391″ /] We love bikes at TreeHugger. But we tend to …