Depending on where you live, there are some items that simply aren't recyclable, including varieties of paper, glass and plastic. Check with your city service provider to know specifics, but here ...

Fractals are known as geometric shapes that display similarity through the full range of scale—that is, they look the same no matter how big or how small they are. And they are, in fact ...

Wood is a highly ordered arrangement of living, dying and dead cells. Here is a briefing on how tree cells grow and function structurally.

Bioremediation is a fascinating area to explore if you are interested in ecology, ecosystems, and nature restoration. This is the process by which we use plants, bacteria, or fungi to clean up ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. An albatross is a large ...

The taiga, also known as the boreal forest, is the largest land biome on Earth, and the animals that inhabit it are uniquely adapted to its cold climate. It wraps around the planet at high ...

The cork is boiled, marked, and cut. Afterward, cork planks are separated by quality. The cork will also go through a drying phase and be further washed and then treated for the industry in which ...

Distribution of global forest area. FAO The boreal represents nearly 30% of the world's forest cover. Canada contains 9% of the world's forests. 77% of Canadian forests are in the boreal zone. The ...

A Brief History of Zoos Humans have kept wild animals for thousands of years. The first efforts to keep wild animals for non-utilitarian uses began about 2,500 BCE, when rulers in Mesopotamia ...

A great example of this kind of labor of love is this modern straw bale homestead in Minto, Ontario, that operates off the grid. Home to couple Chris Vander Hout and Christine Hoy and their son ...

12 Plants That Repel Unwanted Insects (Including Mosquitoes) Bid goodbye to mosquitoes in your garden. From basil to marigolds to nasturtiums, these plants are nature's bug repellents.

Tumbleweeds can grow several feet high. miheco [CC BY-SA 2.0]/Flickr When we think of tumbleweeds we rarely picture fledgling Russian thistle bushes, which many consider beautiful with their ...