(Image credit: NOAA/Alamy) QUICK FACTS Name: Headless Chicken Monster (Enypniastes eximia) Habitat: The depths of the world’s oceans. What it eats: Marine snow (organic matter that floats from the surface to the seabed). If you were to encounter this unusual…
There are many theories about why cats eat grass, including cleaning out parasites, getting essential micronutrients, and treating ailments, but the real reason remains unknown. (Image courtesy of Salima Senyavskaya via Getty Images) You may have noticed your dog or…
A devastating sea star disease has killed billions of the animals, with a particularly severe impact on sunflower starfish. (Photo courtesy of Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute) Scientists have identified the source of a mysterious marine plague that has turned billions of…
Satyrex ferox is one of four newly identified species of tarantula whose males have unusually long genitalia. (Image credit: Zamani et al. 2025 (License: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0)) Scientists have had to create an entirely new genus of spider…
An artistic reconstruction of the Jurassic sea monster Plesionectes longicollum. (Photo: Peter Nikolaus) New research confirms fossilised remains of Germany’s ‘most amazing’ Jurassic monster belong to a previously unknown species. This marine reptile, which lived in prehistoric oceans about 183…
A robot posing as a tough male crab recently challenged real crabs to a competition during breeding season – and the videos were pretty hilarious. A robot nicknamed “Wiggle Dave” invaded fiddler crab (Afruca tangeri) colonies on the mudflats of…
A newly discovered starfish, dubbed the “great starfish,” resembles Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants. (Image credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition screenshot) A deep-sea expedition off the coast of Argentina has yielded stunning footage of more than 40 previously undescribed species.…
Killer whale mothers train their babies to mimic drowning, unique footage shows. The rigorous training helps the whales develop the skills needed to hunt the largest animal in history. In the recording, a young killer whale (Orcinus orca) plays the…
Scientists believe Acrophylla alta is a record-breaking insect. (Image courtesy of James Cook University) A previously unknown giant stick insect has been found in Australia’s highland rainforests. It may be the heaviest insect ever recorded in the country. The massive…
In addition to searching for food, aye-ayes also use their long middle fingers to extract mucus from the back of their throats through their noses. (Image: torstenvelden/Getty Images) This lemur, native to Madagascar, is an unusual combination of several animals.…
A West African bullfrog in shallow water can use its skin to both breathe and drink. (Image credit: Tim Platt via Getty Images) Unlike humans, frogs and other amphibians don’t need lungs to breathe; their special skin allows them to…
Communities Based on Hadal Chemosynthesis – YouTube See more Ocean explorers have found thriving, alien-like communities of tube worms, mollusks and spiny white organisms on the floor of ocean trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The discovery, made by a…