Hippos are tough animals with tough hides. So tough that there’s a species of leech that has evolved to live and feed in the only part of the hippo where …
The jerboa looks like a cross between a mouse and a tiny kangaroo and wow, can it hop! The rodents’ elongated, powerful legs can propel the little fur balls as …
In the world of horrifyingly painful stinging creatures, the tarantula hawk ranks so high that the actual scientific advice if you’re stung is to lie down and scream. Dandy if …
Put the comb jelly in the spotlight and watch it groove. The sea creatures turn into pulsating rainbows of movement under the right lighting, no disco ball needed. Still haven’t …
Obsessive distiller Bryan Davis invented a contraption for aging booze fast. His goal: to create highly engineered, rapidly prototyped spirits that are unlike any you’ve tasted before. Still haven’t subscribed …
It hasn’t been seen in more than 30 years and it lives on dead fish. No, it’s not Gollum, it’s called the crusty nautilus. Not because it’s brittle or irritable …
The tree weta, which looks like a cricket, is not cricket sized, it is the heaviest confirmed insect on earth. Males throw that weight around fighting for females, mostly by …
Caterpillars are sort of the Cheetos of the animal world. They’re just waiting to become someone’s snack. Some species have developed defense mechanisms. This caterpillar, found in Peru, has weird …