Innovation doesn’t always mean creating something entirely new. Some of the most remarkable breakthroughs come from observing ...

We all want to make our buildings more efficient and reliable. Artificial solutions abound, but evolution also holds the answers to many of our problems. Some animals and plants ingeniously adapt ...

EcoSense explores three creative and wildly different examples of biomimicry. Sometimes Mother Nature could use a boost and when we work with her natural systems, she can reward us with a blueprint ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. This article is more than 5 years old. When bullet trains ...

Designers and engineers have often looked to the environment and how Mother Nature has accomplished phenomenal design solutions for inspiration over the ages. Perhaps all that is new about this ...

Biomimicry — connecting nature's designs to human needs — is the focus of two days of workshops and discussions at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). Leaders in biomimicry ...

Imagine walking down the streets of New York City and encountering a skyscraper that has been modeled after plant cells to harness aeroponic watering, nutrient technology and carbon. Or visualize a ...

Architects learn from nature and develop ways to design and build homes, schools, and other constructions. It’s called biomimicry. Take a tour with Boise architect Andy Erstad and see biomimicry in ...

Human societies have always relied on the natural world for resources, from food to fuel. With rapid industrialization, this dependence has transformed into rampant overconsumption and the subsequent ...

Called the Barque of Pine Knot, this houseboat was built by William West Durant as a summer escape for his wife from the black flies. It is not known when the barque was built, but pictures of it ...

Biomimicry, which means the imitation of the living, seeks to learn from natural selection and apply those principles to human engineering, putting nature’s lessons into practice using technology. A ...

It’s well established that urban environments are going to be home to the majority of the world’s population in the coming decades. While extreme weather is causing floods, droughts and wildfires, ...