When it comes to innovation, nature often gets there first. For millions of years, plants and animals have been adapting, optimizing, and surviving through elegant solutions to life’s toughest ...

The natural world is filled with creatures whose abilities seem almost supernatural, from the silent flight of owls to the lightning-like shocks of electric eels. These “superpowers” are not just ...

Blueprints -- The kingfisher and the bullet train -- Octopus: the ultimate disguise -- Return from the dead: the tardigrade -- A woodpecker and a black box -- Polar bears and insulation -- Mosquitoes, ...