Still-Life Polaroids by Andy Warhol. Taken by Warhol between 1977 and 1983, the exhibition captures variety of subjects, among them, ballet shoes, eggs, knives, guns, perfume bottles.

On fun solar toys ~ how cute is this RobotiKits Frightened Grasshopper? "In sunlight eyes jiggle, legs wiggle, and antennas sway to-and-fro as the frightened grasshopper dances."

Amazingly Imaginative Polymer Musings of Meredith Dittmar.

cute solar powered monkey kit!

Welcoming in 2009 ~ here's a look at how three of us kick started our 2009 with a crazy wander through Topanga's state park ~ check out the amazing sunset, some bizarre finds, and silly night shots!

Fotoopa, flickr user from belgium, shot highspeed photography of water figures, captures water dropping and splashing in perfect frozen detail. vivid colors. action frozen in mid-splash.

Made By Mavis has a cute "large moss terrarium with pewter bull"

Watch what they train their dogs to do in Hungary.
Amazing + hilarious!

LA Zoo ~ you've seen the warning signs, now see a gallery of the creatures! All the funny faces they made, crazy eyes, giraffe tongues in action, and more...

Warning Signs at the LA Zoo ~ while at the zoo, i got fascinated by the warning signage at the cages ~ so here's a look at the iconography used!

Howies has collaborated with Tom Seymour to create a range of extra large care labels with instructions of how to look after the environment.

Brian's Tropicals shows you how to make the most incredibly mossy terrariums for tropical tree frogs! His basement setups for frogs an fish are mind boggling

Awesome bath-time building blocks by Cocoon Branding for Hair Do Zoo. Can be used as containers for soap and shampoo, as well as a play toy for kids.

Beasts! Book 2 just in time for the holiday
season. The seconnd volume of cryptozoology looks just as beautiful and informative as the first
with a new collaboration of over 90 artists.

Oh a zoo around me, is a set of Photographs by Riccardo Giraldi

vampire bats are just one of the nyt's featured phlebotomists (yes, thats a blood sucker).

Partical Zoo ~ because it's got a fun site design, and what is a more perfect gift than quarks and antiparticles?

Police in Mexico find private zoo at drug cartel's party house - from panthers to albino tigers to lions ~ they certainly looked like they were living a luxurious lifestyle... check out the slideshow

Wagon-wheel HUMMER H3 as part of ZOO Art Fair in London

Presented by SHOWStudio and shot by Sølve Sundsbø, "Parroquet" is a stunningly beautiful series of videos and photographs of the long-tailed parroquet - a breed of parrot.

comet dust, red fluorescing fish and fungal catapults are just a part of this week in science.

Curious about the mini-underwater studios David Doubilet used for those nudibranch photos in NatGeo? My dad runs into one on a dive trip in Manado... see close ups and underwater pics!

Best Science Images of 2008 have been Announced.

Can you believe this is a bank? Italy's CheBanca! is rebranded by Crea International.

Plenty of reef creatures fluoresce red, even where seawater absorbs red sunlight

I'm not sure if this is going to move beyond the concept phase, but I love Studio Kudos' playful approach to the iconography of the different animals at the Bronx Zoo.

"Water Bears" A tiny, 8-legged critter that can suspend all biological activity in extreme environments survived a journey to space that would have instantly killed any human and most other life forms...

Poor algae dyed polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan ~ looking so very punk rock now...

Video of the critters i found at a sunday morning flower/bird outdoor market ~ chipmunks, chinchillas, birds of all sorts, piles of guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, and more!

Creative advertisements for the Buenos Aires Zoo.

Zoo York presents a nice artist deck series, with 5 recognized artists with a Cockroach theme.

Buenos Aires based studio Punga have created two stop-motion inspired spots for Temaiken Bioparque (Biopark is apparently a PC way of saying Zoo)...

The new National Geographic website designed to get their best documentary photographers some commercial work. Check out the amazing stuff by Apple and Adobe revered, Steve Winter.

San Francisco Zoo: Critter Quest | People stand in front of a series of local bus shelters and postings at the zoo, which are playfully adorned with everything from horns to butterfly wings and oversized ears.

Earth-Touch's latest video has awesome footage of the Tasseled Scorpionfish camouflaged in the Sponges

How cute are these Zoomies blind box toys?

And they say we cant become invisible... cool deep sea creatures. Courtesy of National Geographic.

National Geographic ~ amazing photo gallery and feature article on Marine Miniatures with photography by David Liittschwager

Absolutely fascinating images and video of nudibranches by David Doubilet for National Geographic... where he shot them like supermodels, bringing the studio to THEM!

Awesome photo gallery of Translucent Sea Creatures at National Geographic!

the zoom chandelier is exactly what it sounds like. the piece zooms in and out to fit the space and lighting needs of the room. the piece glows from the inside out. gorgeous!

Endangered sea dragon at Ga. aquarium pregnant.
One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium.

This eco zoo looks absolutely stunning!

At the University of Washington... "Underwater communication: Robofish are the ultimate in ocean robots, keeping in touch without scientists' help"