Butt Ugly: Deep-Sea Assfish Is Aptly Named The deep sea dwelling Bony-Eared Assfish is as butt-ugly as a fish can get, has virtually no brain to speak…
Kindest Cuts: Emily Stoneking’s Dissected Knits Emily Stoneking's clever & colorful dissected knits help temper memories of icky biology classes featuring flayed frogs, rats and other…
Living Pavilion: Algae Architecture Cleans the Air Biologically active architecture could pave the way for a whole new method of urban farming, with far more uses than…
Could Synthetic Organisms Save Nature from Extinction? Many a cautionary fictional tale has warned us about the potential dangers of ‘playing god,’ unleashing synthetic creatures that we…
Faded Genes: The 7 Most Primitive Living Mammals Mammals may be Earth's most highly evolved animals but not all mammals are all that highly evolved. Some, like the…
Gulp! 8 Common Fruits, Nuts & Veggies That Could Kill You Fresh fruits & veggies are part and parcel of a healthy lifestyle, right? Right... though deadly danger lurks within these…
That’ll Never Fly: 7 Amazing Wingless Flying Animals Always have wings? Mother Nature begs to differ! A surprisingly varied group of animal species have evolved the ability to…
Half Nots: 8 Amazing Gynandromorph Animals Gynandromorphs are creatures split down the middle into male and female halves. Though most commonly found in insects and arachnids…
Ethereal Colors Turn Animals of Science Into Modern Art Pictures of fantastical deep-see creatures appear often on the internet, showing bizarre body shapes, alien-looking predatory adaptations and strange colors.…
Animal Hybrids: The Half-Lives Of 10 Curious Creatures Animal hybrids... they're more common then you think. Whether as a natural occurrence or through the machinations of Mankind, hybrid…