Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal

innovation inspired by nature Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. They have found what works, what is appropriate, and most importantly, what lasts here on Earth.

This website gathers and shares that innovation in the hope of sparking more efficient engineering.
It was introduced by Janine Benyus in her TED talk "Biomimicry in Action". The talk illustrates the principle excellently, with dozens of examples like nanotechnology, power and structure.

In the 1930's Buckminster Fuller credited his innovative engineering and architechture from adapting nature's design. Benyus and colleagues are carrying Fuller's torch.