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From anal ventilators to boiling, toxic fart machines: 10 weirdest and deadliest bottoms on the planet
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (444+ words) From explosive sea cucumbers to beetles that spray boiling toxic fluid from their bums, the world of wildlife is full of unexpected adaptations. These butts aren't just weird "they're life-saving We might lead from the front, but our back ends…...
“Effects range from internal bleeding to manipulating behaviour or liquifying a host.” These are the deadliest weapons in the animal kingdom
12+ hour, 22+ min ago (1757+ words) Powerful punches. Flesh-tearing teeth. Deadly talons. We explore the best (or is it the worst?) weapons in the natural world. When a peacock mantis shrimp strikes, it generates the heat of a star. The crustacean retracts a spring-loaded mouthpart known…...
“Here, ‘weirdness’ abounds. One creature seemingly has the beak of a duck, the body of an otter and the tail of a beaver.”
15+ hour, 54+ min ago (623+ words) Why does Australia have so many weird species that go against evolutionary norms? Helen Pilcher takes a look Australia is a long way from anywhere and has been for a very long time. The landmass definitively separated from the supercontinent…...
Under cover of darkness, a huge animal lumbers up a rocky track before descending into a cave and navigating 150 metres of pitch black to reach its prize
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (482+ words) When not comes to finding the essential salt they need Savannah elephants have to go on a dangerous journey Cave entrance: Nina R, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work they go, the wonderfully unique mining…...
It's as big as a Ford Fiesta, as heavy as a polar bear and can contain more than 200 ‘apartments"
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (353+ words) Thorsten Spoerlein / Getty Images On the morning of 9 July 2025, the residents of Amityville's Snug Harbour retirement community'noticed the power go out. Again. A regular occurrence over the previous few years, they called the authorities, who determined that the power lines…...
“The first thing to go are the eyes. Eyes, apparently, cook very quickly. Flesh follows soon after, and as the animal becomes overwhelmed, water enters its mouth."
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (239+ words) Deep in the Peru Amazon lies one of the world's most mysterious natural wonders " a river that quite literally boils. When a river has not one, but two ominous names, it's usually time to take notice. In the Peruvian Amazon…...
Powerful swimmers with massive heads, thick necks, and paws like sledgehammers, these diving big cats hunt below and above the water. Watch them in action
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (579+ words) Jaguars are known to be aquatic hunters but some individuals are pushing the limits through new techniques" It was said that it couldn't be done: the terrain was too dangerous; the floods would wipe out the cameras; the system was…...
It's the lowest place on Earth, the size of Seoul, 10 times saltier than the ocean – AND it's dying. One day soon it might not be here...
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (480+ words) A vast, otherworldly lake where salt-laden waters buoy swimmers and barren shores stretch into desert, the Dead Sea has long captivated travellers and scientists alike Manfredo Pinzauti / Getty Images The lowest place on Earth at 427m below sea level "a sea…...
Can big cats interbreed with each other?
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (619+ words) While lions, tigers and their relatives can sometimes interbreed, these rare hybrids reveal as much about the limits of nature as they do about its possibilities. And yes, ligers do exist " though it's highly questionable whether they are bred for…...
Adorable footage shows giant panda chomping on bamboo in Chinese mountains
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (202+ words) These characterful animals can consume several kilos of the plant every hour. Pandas'eat so much bamboo that they're sometimes affectionately known as "bamboo bears'. "Bamboo'makes up around 99 percent of the giant panda's diet, but it's so low in nutrients that…...