The Campaign for the Government of Catalunya to keep the Mediterranean sea clean by Klas Ernflo is cute and creative, and it gets the message across really well. The rest of his pieces are great too!

By simply pointing their mobile phones at blotchy black-and-white newspaper ads, consumers could bring to life colorful 3-D animals during a campaign by Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.

i love the kikkerland series of anatomy toys. i especially love the frog, but the range is impressive: people, cows, horses, frogs, beetles, pigs, dolphins, even a snail!

Foster + Partners is currently finishing the Elephants House at the Copenhagen Zoo. A nice structure covers a space designed from the observation of elephants behavior.

Zoomdoggle ~ Fun for Fun's Sake! A cute new site taking on something fun and crazy daily - check out the A-team post-it mural (first post ever)

Here's some good news, a baby Jaguar was recently born in captivity at a zoo in Lima. It's the third Jaguar to be born in captivity in Peru.

Ultra high resolution zoomable panorama of San Francisco at night using the google maps engine.

Fascinating NYtimes article on the depiction of nature in Disney movies inspired by the passing of Bambi animator Ollie Johnston.

Olympus takes optical zoom to new levels. By JWT Sydney, Australia.

This 100% hand made wooden cube transforms into lively and playful home decor. Reposition them often to maintain the illusion of life for your returning guests. Designer Ryan Prochnau has eco-friendly plans to expand. Including more animals!

noisy fish? great nytimes interactive on bioacoustics in fishes!

Sea Pig! and other "Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica"

The zoom/street view on Google Maps is crazy, here's another great find - in chicago. Yes, this is real.

Orphaned hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as their mother

Inspiring deep sea species in antarctica have just been discovered! Take a look at some incredible pictures of these new (and perhaps VERY old) creatures...

Fun underwater photography by Martin Strmiska. This is a pregnant pigmy sea horse at Bunaken island.

when this national geographic shot of bora bora hit my inbox it was like a moment of zen. gorgeous!

Gotochi Dissection Animals - For all the carnivores, biologists, and butchers ~ here are some crazy anatomical keychain/charms in tuna, bull, panda, rooster, monkey, etc...

the zoological society of london has set up EDGE pages for amphibians. that is evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered.

Series of wooden elephants, just like the horses made of driftwood. The elephants showed the way to the zoo of Antwerp.

Hypnotic videos of undersea creatures. Website is lovely too. Navigation like looking at Final Cut Pro. Whale Footage!

Creature by Andrew Zuckerman is definitely the MUST buy coffee table book of the year... unfortunately my copy came a bit bashed up, and the cover seems to be crying green...

Graphic designer Stephen Fowler creates at collection of zoo inspired holiday cards - gemini card co.

A giant post on everything from this genius direct mailer Triop Kit from National Geographic Kids... to praying mantis, butterfly, frog, venus fly trap, sea monkeys, etc kits.

Ectype's End - A 10 minute animated short film by indie New Zealand Animation studio Rhubarb Zoo!

Absolutely breathtaking gigapixel image of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, and you can zoom all the way down to a 5cm x 5cm area of the 8m wide masterpiece.

If you thought of shoes.... brilliant SF Zoo campaign ~ also look out for the print and environment campaigns as well.

Irina Blok's packaging design for the SF ZOO. They make me want to buy three things to get the three bags to display together!

Andrew Zuckerman's upcoming book Creature... incredible imagery of animals ~ with a teaser making of the book, and video of the photoshoot to keep you going until you can see the real thing Oct 07.

Are these "mutant" golden frogs in japan a sign of good luck? (don't they just seem more albino leaning than 5 eyeballs kind of mutant?)

Amazing sea photograph by Corey Arnold!

i've always been a fan of the grotesque and bizarre, and these deep sea critters certainly fit the bill. be sure to check out the slideshow. how cute is the dumbo octopus!?!

WOW. The imagery of animal fetus' in the womb through birth are just amazing, and i've only seen the extended preview... can't wait to see the discovery channel show.

This bird video is crazy! It immitates camera shutters and chainsaws and stuff... Wikipedia says it can sing two harmonys at once, and has the most complex voice organ of any bird.

one of the freakiest looking creatures ive come across in a long time. the russian desman (Desmana moschata).

legal herp smuggling = sweet. why aren't we doing that?

absolutely gorgeous images of some stunning creatures of the deep.

the hedgehog pic reminded me of the baby pangolin that recently died at the LA zoo. poor thing. another truly incredible creature.

The 30-40cm-long (12-16in) eel catfish fish is able to propel itself out of the water and bend its head downwards to capture insects in its jaws.