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 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?

This is a video from a depth of 3,300 meters (10,827 feet — more than 2 miles) in the Tonga Trench (the second deepest trench behind the Mariana) between new Zealand and Fiji of a rarely seen Bigfin squid (misnomer, should have been named Longleg Squid) trolling its 13-foot tentacles

Just in time for spooky season comes the announcement of a new species of ‘ghost shark’ (actually a chimaera or spookfish, but closely related to sharks and rays), found in the ocean depths off Australia and New Zealand. Looking suspiciously like Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas, the ocean ghost

This is a video of a striated frogfish (which looks like a character from Adventure Time) displaying its lure, a sort of natural fishing pole that can be extended from its “nose” and wiggle a very convincing worm-like appendage in front of it’s mouth to attract prey. Evolution is nuts.

Because scientists are an unending source of wild and crazy ideas, researchers at Cornell University and the University of Florence have developed a starfish shaped robot that’s controlled by the electrical signals generated by its onboard king oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus eryngii). I’m not going to lie, I did mistake those

This is a video from rainforest conservationist and TikTok user junglekeeper, who’s documenting his stay in the Amazon when leafcutter ants start cutting leaf-sized holes out of his tent, providing all the other terrifying insect wildlife easy access to climbing on his face. Talk about a nightmare. Personally, the only

As a sure sign of the end times with no other possible explanation, a swarm of dragonflies recently plagued Misquamicut State Beach in Rhode Island, sending some beachgoers fleeing. Presumably straight home to start bottling water before it turns to blood. Clearly, God is pissed. I also included a video