The World’s Biggest Edible Mushroom Grows So Big Because It Coexists with Termites
Most edible mushrooms are relatively small, but in West Africa as well as Zambia, there’s one particularly enormous species that outgrows all the rest of them. In…
The Exploding Whale Myth: The Ugly Truth
The largest creatures on earth have a tendency to blow up when washed ashore, which can be rather nasty. This video of an exploding whale was captured…
Ancient Dragons Have Hatched in the Bronx Zoo for the First Time Ever
A historical event has occurred at the Bronx Zoo when, for the first time since its opening in 1899, six Komodo dragons have hatched there. This landmark…
This Sea Fish Is Hot-Tempered, and Its Mouth Is Wider Than Its Body
It might give the impression of being a tardy little fellow, but then, all of a sudden… it turns out to be hardy. The sarcastic fringehead (Neoclinus…
These Amazing Striped Icebergs in Antarctica Look Like Candy
They might look like candy, but the stripes are actually salty. Photo: Oyvind Tangen Icebergs form when large blocks of ice break off a glacier or an…
This Fungus Turns Ants Into Literal Zombies Who Then Turn Against The Rest of the Colony
Zombies have long captured people’s imaginations, and since they are a huge part of popular culture, we definitely love daydreaming about scenarios where the world is facing…
Amazing ‘Tree of Life’ Captured by Australian Photographer After Months of Heavy Rain and Storms
Drone photos show an incredible natural masterpiece forming on Cakora Lake, New South Wales, Australia. Following months of heavy rain and storms in northern New South Wales,…
A Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Just Cracked Time Travel—Here’s How It’s Possible
Last year, Kip S. Thorne collected a Nobel Prize (along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish) for his work on gravitational waves. Now, Thorne may have…
Could the ‘Eye of the Sahara’ Be the Lost City of Atlantis?
Could a curious geological formation in the Mauritanian part of the Sahara desert anything to do with the lost city of Atlantis? If you type the word…
This Gecko Species Looks Like a Leaf, No Surprise It’s Been Dubbed Phantastic (And Even Satanic)
This masterfully camouflaged little lizard has a leafy look, complete with a tail sporting missing chunks to make it look as it has been partly rotten away….