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 ‘Nanoscapes’ a short video shot by Kristina Dutton featuring butterfly wings captured with an electron microscope at magnifications up to 50,000X. That’s some series magnification. Most of the time I wasn’t even sure what I was looking at. “Butterfly wings.” I like you, I really do, but you

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

Note: Audio on for max chirpy chirping. This is a short in-nest video of a tawny owl that has had her two infertile eggs replaced with two orphaned hatchlings to raise. She seems STOKED. Me? That sounds like a lot of responsibility. I have a hard enough time keeping my

This is a video from a Homer, Alaska based Scenic Bear Viewing tour of the guides demonstrating what to do when a bear charges. They stress you should NOT run, but rather make loud noises and stand your ground to discourage the bear from approaching any further. Apparently bears have

This is a video demonstration of how a roosting bat pees — by flipping to hang upright, opening the floodgates, then giving a good shake before returning upside-down. I didn’t expect the shake, but that’s smart — I imagine there’s nothing worse than dribbling urine in your face after a

This is a video highlighting the life of Murphy, an injured bald eagle that lives that the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri. The 31-year old(!) recently started nurturing and trying to hatch a rock he found in his enclosure, so when an orphaned bald eagle was brought to

Note: While both ARE visible in the image above, I’d still recommend clicking HERE to see the whole photo and playing the game the way it was meant to be. Can you spot the predator and prey hiding in this image? The prey I saw immediately, but the predator took