This is a video of a pet sulcata tortoise named Seamus (aka the Bulldozer and The Crazy Dinosaur on TikTok) vigorously humping a basketball when he decides to bring his new girlfriend inside to meet the family and attempts to come through the dog door. Meanwhile, the family’s actual dog

This is a video of doctor of evolutionary biology ChuckDarwin (I guess he was cryogenically frozen?) discussing the extra ocelli (Latin: little eyes) some insects have, and their purpose. According to research, the simple eyes only gather information about light and dark, and help flying insects maintain their orientation to

In news that shouldn’t surprise anybody who’s ever been tasked with working with other people, large groups of ants were able to solve the piano mover’s puzzle better than large human groups in recent experiments conducted by the Weizmann Institute. The study found that individually or in small groups humans

The work of artist Thomas Deininger, this is a video of a sculpture of an endangered blue-and-yellow macaw that looks just like the bird from the front, but from the side reveals layers of carefully selected toys and non-recyclable plastic trash. Thomas’s work “thoughtfully addresses environmental concerns and critiques mass

An unmanned submersible launched by the research vessel EV Nautilus near Papau (southeast of the Philippines) captured some footage of the boat’s namesake on its last underwater exploration of 2024. If there was ever proof that aliens exist, the nautilus makes a pretty solid argument. Just look at that thing!

This is a video of a Swede showing off the glorious stick he found, which is quite possibly the finest stick Mother Nature has ever grown. Just look at that thing! As several people pointed out, it doesn’t even look like a stick, it looks like the magical staff you

This is a short Instagram video of a recently hatched Peruvian dragon mantis swaying on a person’s thumb. When full grown, a female dragon mantis can reach lengths up to 5-inches, and males up to 3-inches. Some dragons! It’s hard to believe these things are real, isn’t it? Mother Nature

This is some footage from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) of Bathydevius caudactylus, aka the mystery mollusc. It lives in the midnight zone (1000 – 4000m) of Monterey Bay, and is recognized as a swimming sea slug. But can it really be a slug if it can swim?