biomimicry

Biomimicry, the study of emulating and mimicking nature, argues that 3.85 billion years of evolution means nature has incomparable experience solving environmental and habitat problems. The field of biomimicry is, ironically, greatly…

Threats to biodiversity from competing land use, pollution, population growth, and human activities make the study of evolutionary biology more crucial than ever if we’re to stem species loss, currently estimated at 1,000 to 10,000 times…

Biomimicry is an established practice in robotics, with researchers developing everything from robots that hop like grasshoppers to those that run like cheetahs. The next leap? Figuring out how to create robots that perch as effortlessly…