Michael McCarthy was canoeing through the Intracoastal Waterway near St. Petersburg, Florida, when he spotted the familiar flash of silver in the water ahead of him. A…

The unusual-looking and extremely elusive ghost shark dwells in the darkness of the deep sea, rarely revealing itself – just like a phantom, or ghost. But now…

This little fella, named after the Harry Potter character Dobby, is the first of her kind to be born at Chester Zoo. Cuddling time! Image credit: Chester…

Typhochlaena seladonia is a species of aviculariine tarantula, and is the type species of the genus Typhochlaena. [1] It is unique as an arboreal spider that constructs…

Japanese monkeys, the same macaques that became famous for taking hot baths in their snowy habitats, live in a rather interesting relationship with sika deer. A female Japanese macaque…

Ants and wasps are cooperating, to the detriment of oak trees, as we have just learnt thanks to an observant eight-year-old boy who reported what he saw…

Zombies have long captured people’s imaginations, and since they are a huge part of popular culture, we definitely love daydreaming about scenarios where the world is facing…

Photographer Chris van Wyk garnered viral success with his pictures of an algae-covered “punk” Mary River turtle. The media attention he purposefully generated affected decisions related to…

These trees don’t fool around: they trap and kill birds with their deadly seeds, leaving the ground below littered with bones. The Pisonia tree is a notorious…