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Nature Does it Best… Again

This guy could be the solution for the NFL. Although we cannot play every game in Denver, the winning strategies for defeating the concussion crisis may come from research focused on recreating the safe biomechanics already in use in the animal kingdom… Bighorn sheep ritually ram their heads into each other and woodpeckers slam their

Nature Did It Best: Submarine Design from Stingrays

“Scientists at Harvard University and the University at Buffalo are studying how stingrays move, including the seemingly effortless way the fish’s round and flattened bodies ripple through water,” to create a more streamlined and fuel-efficient design for submarines (Mother Nature Network). See the leopard ray’s perfectly designed swim on our live cam at the Aquarium of the

Whitey

One of our great dane pups at the Service Dog Project could almost pass for spotless. Check out some of the most famous albino animals including a pink bottlenose dolphin and a white-furred gorilla.