Astonishing fish, close to the monkfish, the dragon of the abyss uses a luminous organ to attract its prey. The animal is rare and very few images show it evolving in its natural environment. During an exploration carried out by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, they were able to bring back some footage of… Read more »
Canadian fishermen were surprised to discover a strange fish in their nets: a bird’s beak, two large round eyes, wing-like fins and a backbone laden with venom. In their nets, a fisherman and his friends hauled in mid-August off the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador a fish they had never seen before. The man… Read more »
The beetle Regimbartia attenuata manages to spring unscathed from the digestive tract by wiggling its legs to stimulate the defecation reflex. A particularly bizarre technique which is probably unpleasant for the frog, nevertheless, is nothing compared to other strategies used by some insects. There are certain terrible experiences in the life of a frog. Like… Read more »
A dive in the waters south of Cornwall, England, resulted in an unlikely encounter between a biologist and a giant jellyfish. A spectacular video showing a three-foot-long Rhizostoma pulmo jellyfish has been filmed off the town of Falmouth, England, the Guardian writes. The cnidarian was spotted by biologist Lizzie Daly and filmmaker Dan Abbott who… Read more »
This specimen, native to the rainforests of South and Central America, reaches two meters in wingspan with its wings fully open. There are many internet users who were surprised to see the photograph of this huge bird, and more than one believed that it was a digitally retouched image, some, that a person was disguised… Read more »
The animal world is full of oddities that sometimes chill your spine. Some fish are parasitized by small crustaceans that feed on blood. After settling in, the parasite becomes a full-fledged organ of the animal. “Micro-CT scanning is basically a 3D X-ray that allows researchers to visualize the internal anatomy of organisms without the need… Read more »
Does a frog that blinks like Christmas lights sound unreal to you? Not anymore. A viral video shows this incredible moment, where a firefly continues to lit up from inside the stomach of a small amphibian which swallowed it up. A small frog has turned into a flashing light thanks to a firefly. This small… Read more »
Tourists had the chance to see, off the coast of Alaska, an extremely rare white killer whale. According to specialists, it is not an albino whale it simply lacks pigments. An all-white killer whale was seen swimming with two other adult cetaceans near a group of tourists off Kuiu Island in the southeastern state of… Read more »
A giant squid was filmed by divers off the coast of Tokyo, Japan. Experts estimate that he is about 12-foot long and quite young. The cephalopod could be seen for more than an hour among the fishing boats of Toyama Bay, north of the country. It so happens that it is an Architeuthis squid, an… Read more »
In a recent video from the Air Jaws series, great animal advocate Chris Fallows revealed the legendary grandeur of the great white shark. Through this expedition, an impressive jump of 13 feet above the surface of the water, which occurred during an attack, was revealed by the naturalist’s cameras. The footage also showcase the spectacular… Read more »
