Oh nature, you clever, clever thing. Always giving animals wonderfully weird and absolutely revolting techniques to stay off the dinner table. Here we showcase six…
Habitat: São Tomé and Ilhéu das Rolas. Status: Least Concern This bright yellow, worm-like creature is the São Tomé Caecilian (Schistometopum thomense) but it’s locally known as…
Habitat: Philippines Status: Not Evaluated Everyone knows the old saying “The early bird catches the worm…” but what happens when the worm looks like it’s…
Habitat: Society Islands; Moorea; S of Vaiare Pass, French Polynesia, South Pacific Ocean Status: Not Evaluated I had no idea what this thing was when…
I would think it’s pretty safe to assume that you never stopped to wonder what a baby eel would look like. Or maybe you have…
Meet the Ugly Caterpillar That Uses Old, Dead Heads as Weapons and Can’t Tell Its Butt From Its Head
Habitat: It is found from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Saskatchewan, south to Arizona. In the United States it has…
Habitat: deep sea; specimen has been collected in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Status: Not Evaluated This bizarre species of fish is known as Prince Axel’s…
The stories you heard as a child were true. The boogey man living under your bed really does exist. And it likes to eat cookies….
Habitat: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Status: Not Listed This massive creature (hah) is the Caulerpa slug (Oxynoe antillarum), a marine gastropod mollusk also known…
Habitat: Mary River in South-East Queensland, Australia Status: Endangered In 1994, scientists first identified the Mary River Turtle (Elusor macrurus) as a new genus and…
