Xploration Nature Knows Best

Mother Nature revamps some of our favorite sports; roller skates' reinvented wheels are inspired by how snakes and fish move; a workout mimics the physiology of little kids; a basic component in plants helps divers see more clearly underwater.

Host Danni Washington goes whale-watching and discovers the ways whales have inspired new inventions that help people ride bicycles and surfboards better and faster.

With a little inspiration from Mother Nature, scientists are finding exciting new ways to grow and store food; microscopic bacteria can create organic fertilizer; 3-D ocean farming; refrigeration inspired by ants, elephants and kangaroos.

Danni Washington explores the world of bio-hybrid science, where sea slugs become robots, spinach plants prevent explosions and jellyfish could help prevent heart failure.

Using squids to create a new kind of camera; tiny shrimp help scientists create bullet-proof armor; a suction cup inspired by an octopus; flying with drones.

Boots inspired by the ostrich; clothing inspired by the squid; coral provides a unique way to keep plastic waste out of the oceans.

A look at the latest robots inspired by nature.

Different ways that plants and fungi are inspiring new inventions and technologies, like baby shoes made from mushrooms, and solar panels inspired by the sunflower.

Scientists and inventors turn to nature to find ways to cope with a warming world; robotic mussels monitor the oceans; palm trees are models for wind turbines.

A glue made from synthesized mussel adhesive, a prototype for an artificial heart that is part spinach leaf, and a new form of cardiogram based on an ivy plant.

How biomimicry is being used for space exploration; how the inchworm became the inspiration for the Mars rover; aircraft material inspired by sea sponges.

Amazing modes of transportation inspired by nature, including a robot on wheels patterned after sea urchins; shark skin provides the inspiration behind a new motorcycle.

A new type of glass inspired by spiders; a unique farm delivers produce at a lower cost than traditional farms.