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It Seems That Aliens Are Living Under the White Sea [Nature]
The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea, in the northwest coast of Russia. Its waters are cold and apparently devoid of life—until you do deep and discover an alien world full of colorful creatures that look from other planets.More »
This Is Not Fancy Camerawork, Just One Giant Biggest Crustacean [Wtf]
Say hello to Claude, the Tasmanian Monster Crab, who was recently caught off the coast of Tasmania. Originally destined to become crab cakes (approx 162 of them), a British aquarium bought his freedom for $4,800 and transported him to the UK, where he is expected to grow much, much larger.More &r...
Sweat-Eating Bees Are Invading Our Cities [Animals]
While most bees get by just fine supping on nectar from flowers, there's a different kind of bee out in the wild that feeds on sweat—and now, they're moving into cities to make the most of all that humans can offer.More »
86 Year-Old Man Lives on His Own Tropical Island With 120 Giant Tortoises [Video]
It's an ultimate-fantasy scenario for sure. Eighty-six year-old Brendon Grimshaw is the owner—and sole human inhabitant—of the island of Moyenne in the Indian Ocean. His only companions are 120 giant tortoises. Sounds like quite a lifestyle.More »
A Yosemite Time-Lapse So Beautiful It Looks Fake [Video]
When you love the story you are telling, it shows. It can't be faked. Such is the case with this breath-taking time-lapse video of Yosemite and the Sierras. It took filmmaker Shawn Reeder two years of shooting to make this staggering piece of beauty he calls Yosemite Range of Light. Go full scre...
Penguins Rocket Away from Danger Aboard Supercavitating Bubble Jets [Science]
Turns out, not being eaten by a leopard seal is excellent motivation. It's what spurred penguins to develop an ingenious method of cutting down their drag—by wrapping themselves in a shawl of bubbles.More »
Monkeys Can Read (Kinda) [Science]
You may think that the only thing separating some of your friends from monkeys is their ability to at least read. Time for a rethink: new research shows that baboons are capable of learning how to tell the difference between real and fictional English words.More »
10,000 Year Old Frozen Mammoth Found Perfectly Preserved in Siberia [Science]
The BBC is reporting on the discovery of a mammoth carcass found preserved in Siberian ice for at least 10,000 years. The carcass is that of a juvenile mammoth, about 2 1/2 years old, that researchers have dubbed "Yuka." Its flesh, and even hair, have endured astonishingly well over millennia bur...
The Creepy, Colorful Wonderful World of the Insect Extreme Closeup [Video]
Watching insects live their weird lives is endlessly amusing. It used to be only within the grasp of production crews with big budgets to capture such vivid detail. Nowadays, all you need is a Canon 7D and a macro lens, which is what Norweigan videographer Tor Even Mathisen used to peek in on th...
This Prehistoric Penguin Was the Biggest Penguin Ever [Animals]
If you thought emperor penguins were big, this prehistoric cousin put them to shame. In its day it stood over four feet tall and was 50 per cent heavier than the already pretty massive emperor we know today.More »
