Because scientists are determined to make DNA hacking the way of the future whether you refuse to eat GMO corn or not, ‘synthetic biology startup’ Light Bio has created Firefly Petunias, flowers infused with the DNA of bioluminescent mushrooms so they glow in the dark. And the USDA has just

This is a video highlighting the life of Janus, the world’s oldest two-headed tortoise, who just celebrated 25 years on the planet. Janus is actually almost two whole tortoises in one, with all internal organs duplicated except the small and large intestines, bladder, and kidney. Damn, happy 25th birthday! Of

This is a video highlighting beautiful Midas, a cat born in Ankara, Turkey with a recessive gene that causes a quartet of ears. Don’t worry though, the ears don’t affect her in any way besides making her internet famous. Per her caretaker Canis Dosemeci: “Our Midas is very playful cat.

This is a video from a Maine lobsterman (a man who catches lobsters, not Lobsterman the superhero) of an ultra-rare ‘cotton candy’ colored lobster. Buttered cotton candy? Gross! According to the folks at direct-to-consumer seafood company Get Maine Lobster (a totally reliable source), they estimate the genetic anomaly could occur

This is a shot of German angler Martin Glatz and the rare, all yellow leucistic catfish he caught in a Netherlands lake. For those of you unfamiliar, leucism is similar to albinism, but the animals still have some pigment, as opposed to an albino’s complete lack of color. How about

These are several shots and a video of a leucistic raccoon (previously: a leucistic penguin) taken by photographer Kendra Smith outside her home that she submitted to the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. What makes it leucistic instead of albino? Because it doesn’t lack all pigment, hence its black

These are several shots captured by Belgian nature photographer Yves Adams in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands of a rare leucistic king penguin. Leucism is similar to albinism, but results in only a partial reduction in melanin and other pigments, not total. There are a few more shots

This is a short video of a baby girl who appears to find herself unable to differentiate her mother (left, in the burgundy) from her mother’s twin sister. Or, who knows, maybe she’s just focusing on pooping. Man, not being able to tell your mom from someone else — that