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 ...

Cactus leather can be used for handbags, shoes, furniture, and more. We look at its environmental impact and how it compares to cotton and leather.

Brian Gratwicke / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. The volcanic island of Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean has the honor of being the most remote point on Earth inhabited by humans.

Range: Hawks and falcons are common throughout the contiguous U.S., but peregrine falcons live only along the coast, in the mountains, and in river valleys outside breeding and migration periods ...

Inefficiency doesn't last long in nature. That's why engineers and designers employ biomimicry, looking to Mother Nature for solutions to problems.

Red pandas are endangered with their numbers decreasing. The World Wildlife Fund estimates there are fewer than 10,000 left in the wild.

Frank Cornelissen / Getty Images. The dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) is one of the largest species of poison dart frogs, yet it only grows to be about two inches long.It is a species ...

Emgaol / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0. This incredible yew resides in a small churchyard of St. Dygain's Church in Llangernyw village, North Wales, United Kingdom. About 4,000 years old, the ...

Use leaves, bark, and habitat to identify a cottonwood tree, and learn more about cottonwood's characteristics and locations.

Then there are all those things we hate about drywall—Breathaboard avoids most of them because, as the name suggests, it breathes. According to the company, "Breathaboard passively regulates the ...

Introducing a modern take of the pyramid of energy conservation. The Economist recently published an article around a problem it considers dire: draughty homes.It says "Britain's homes are among ...

Freder / Getty Images. A conservationist by the name of Hector Ceballos-Lascurain is often credited with the first definition of ecotourism in 1987, that is, “tourism that consists in travelling ...