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Why Are Humans Afraid of Bugs?

Who wouldn't be screaming in this situation?

Why Are Humans Afraid of Bugs?

Scientists Put 3D Glasses on Cuttlefish and Find Out They Use Human-Like Depth Perception to Hunt Prey

Trevor Wardill

Scientists Put 3D Glasses on Cuttlefish and Find Out They Use Human-Like Depth Perception to Hunt Prey

Need More Penis Fish In Your Life? A California Aquarium Has a Livestream

jkirkhart35, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0

Need More Penis Fish In Your Life? A California Aquarium Has a Livestream

Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach

Kate Montana, iNaturalist // CC BY-NC 4.0

Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach

Journey to the Monarch Mosh Pit

iStock/Spondylolithesis

Scientists Capture Video of Deepstaria, a Rarely Seen, Shapeshifting Jellyfish

OET/NautilusLive

10 Juicy Facts About Leeches

Ian Cook

Honeybees Go "Whoop!" When They Bump Into Each Other

Bees: Waugsberg via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 / Thought balloon: Noto Project

Wasps Have the Ability to Use Logic, According to a New Study

iStock.com/Antagain

For the First Time, Scientists Find Jellyfish-Like Animal With ‘Transient’ Anus

SaskiaAcht/iStock.com

The Weird, Disturbing World of Snail Sex

iStock

Hero Crayfish Cheats Death By Removing Its Own Claw to Escape Pot of Boiling Water

iStock

Carnivorous Hammerhead Flatworms Are Invading France

Justine et al, PeerJ, 2018

Drone Captures Massive Swarm of Jellyfish Off British Columbia That Weighs More Than 70 Tons

Keith Holmes/Hakai Institute

Scientists Catch Tiny Jumping Spiders Eating Frogs and Lizards

Tom Houslay, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY-NC 2.0

The Tardigrade’s Extraordinary Weirdness Continues

Image credit: Aziz Aboobaker, Edinburgh
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