Biomimicry: Natural Solutions to Design Challenges

Have you owned Velcro shoes? What does a kingfisher have in common with a high-speed trains? Thank Biomimicry.

These are examples in which science and technology found innovative design solutions in the natural world. Learn how animals and plants are being studied to solve today’s problems.

Presenter Kim White, formerly with Brookfield Zoo, is a co-steward of the DuPage Forest Preserve and education director for the DuPage Monarch Project.