Coconut octopuses are among the most intelligent invertebrates around: They use tools, carry their shelters around for when they need them, and, fittingly, adopt an underwater walking motion that's very similar to humans.

The interstitium, the shock-absorbing tissue underneath the skin, gut and blood vessels, has been identified as an organ for the first time according to a new study.

An idea born in unsettled times becomes a feat of engineering excellence. The most complex machine ever built to bring humans to and from space and eventuall...

Magnificent body paint art depicting colorful and beutiful speciaes of the animal kingdom. The body paint is by Johnnes Stoetter and the production and marketing by german creative agency WB-Production @ "Earthables"

Loveland is an outdoor sculpture park on Jeju Island in South Korea. The park is focused on a theme of sex, running sex education films, and featuring 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions. The park's website describes the location as "a place where love oriented art and ero...

Chercophonie has a message for all the Boovs and humans out there. Feast your eyes and ears on her Ooga Boo music. The music video finds Cher styled as an aqua-colored extraterrestrial adorned in various lavish outfits, all the while traveling through space with the title characters, at one point la...

Birds need colourful plumage for all kinds of reasons: attracting a mate, blending in their surroundings, identifying with others from their own species and distracting predators. But no matter what the reasons for these wonderful displays of colors, for us humans it is simply beautiful. Feast your ...

There is overwhelming evidence that humans are experiencing the effects of climate change, says a new report. Unless serious action is taken, this is likely to get worse, with growing risks of floods, food shortages, and threats to human health, warns the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on C...

Cheetah Robot is a fast-running quadruped developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA. It just blazed past its previous speed record, getting up to 28.3 mph, about 0.5 mph faster than Usain Bolt's fastest 20 meter split. This version of the Cheetah Robot runs on a treadmill with offboard po...

Shocking, never before seen footage and riveting interviews with trainers and experts manifest the orca's extraordinary nature, the species' cruel treatment in captivity over the last four decades, and the growing disillusionment of workers who were misled and endangered by the highly profitable sea...