Absurd Creatures: The World’s Silkiest Anteater Is Not—I Repeat, Not—Stoned
The silky anteater isn’t high. It’s just tired, because this proficient hunter has no business being up during the day.…
Absurd Creatures: Why the Strawberry Squid Has One Tiny Eye and One Giant Eye
You’d look weird as hell if you were perfectly symmetrical. But the strawberry squid is really lopsided, with one tiny…
All the Apps You Need to Make This 420 the Best 420 EVAR
Looking to celebrate 4/20? We’ve got all the apps you need to make this the best 24 hours of the…
Absurd Creatures: The Nudibranch Is Gorgeous, So You Should Never Touch It
Look at the nudibranch. Beautiful, right? That’s its way of saying it will mess you up. You see, the nudibranch…
Absurd Creatures: The Botfly Wants a Hug Just Kidding It Wants to Mess You Up
Behold the botfly, whose larva burrows into your skin, feeds on your flesh, and erupts out in alien fashion. Good…
Insects Don’t Get No Respect. Bring in the Glamour Shots!
Photographer Pascal Goet wants to change your mind about all the critters that creep and crawl across the world. The…
Meet the Itsy-Bitsy Spider With a Bear Trap for a Mouth
Trap-jaw spiders are positively tiny, but sport enormous jaws that snap shut like a bear trap in just half a…
Absurd Creatures: The Fennec Fox Is So Cute I Think I Might Literally Die
The fennec fox is here to make you forget about all your troubles. Just look at this thing. The post…
The Future of Wildlife Conservation Is … an Electronic Vulture Egg
Fancy new sensors can upend the way conservationists do their research, as long as the lights and clicks and whirs…
Absurd Creatures: The Mystery of the Tiniest, Best-Dressed Seahorse in the Sea
The pygmy seahorse hasn’t met a coral it couldn’t blend into. The post Absurd Creatures: The Mystery of the Tiniest,…