Image: Antonio Rodríguez Arduengo Uroplatus ebenaui Demons get such a bad rap these days. And... all other days, I suppose. But look at this cutie! Surely he wouldn't hurt a fly! Imag...
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Image: WoRMS Editorial Board Gonionemus vertens Jellyfish are known to be inveterate drifters. They love nothing more than to hang out in the water column, the careful fluttering and pulsin...
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Image: Silke Baron Antennarius striatus Pac-Man was always such a harmless soul, lost in the labyrinth of his own mind, chased by ghostly memories of his past and finding succour in a trai...
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Image: scott.zona Aspidistras are famous for their ability to withstand and even flourish under the kind of neglect that would usually end in the crinkly, brown-leafed death of most plants...
Toxodera are mimics of the living and the dead! Toxodera is a small genus containing a handful of Southeast Asian mantids, some or all of which are sometimes called Dragon Mantises. Aaa...
Image: Frank Vassen A Nightmare Catcher flitters through the rainforests of Bolivia, sticky net in hand. Some say she feeds on nightmares, her gut so full of concentrated horror that the...
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Image: Khunpolrattachana Glyphoglossus molossus Now that is a face. Or... most of one, at least. Image: Khunpolrattachana Is it just me or is there something strangely cat-like a...
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Sea Spiders aren't really spiders. They aren't even arachnids. In fact, they're barely more than legs. Not even the daddiest, longleggiest of Daddy Longlegs can out-leg a Sea Spider. Sea S...
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Image: Rebikoff-Niggeler Foundation Caulophryne jordani SPOTTED: Reclusive Fanfin Angler and her latest beau step out for a romantic lure-lit dinner. She doesn't appear pleased. Then ag...
Image: Bernard DUPONT Sometimes... Image: Bernard DUPONT You get struck... Image: Bernard DUPONT By just how pink... Image: Bernard DUPONT Corals can be... Ima...
Image: Royal BC Museum Acanthonus armatus Now, that's just rude. This poor, blameless soul who never hurt anyone is a Cusk Eel who lives in depths of up to 4,500 metres and reaches at le...
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Image: budak Trilobite Beetles are beetles of eternal youth! Or is it eternal age? After all, it's a beetle that never quite grows up but at the same looks a lot like a 250 million-year-ol...
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Image: Steve Jurvetson Proof yet again that nature is the best sculptor! That's what happens when you have a billion years of experience. Image: Jessica Lucia Wentletraps are mor...
Image: James St. John Oreaster reticulatus This is quite possibly the most uncomfortable cushion I've ever seen. Reaching up to 50 cm (20 in) across, Red Cushion Sea Stars are big starfi...
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Image: WoRMS Editorial Board From the sounds of it, this must surely be the lowliest of all dragons. Fire dragons soar overhead, frost dragons slumber in beautiful ice lairs, swamp dragons...
Image: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana Have you heard of the glass delusion ? It was a mental disorder widespread in Europe between the 15th and 17th Centu...
Image: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010 It's the perfect Valentine's gift: a beautiful bouquet of red blobs! Just don't get too close... Image: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Pr...
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Image: Cláudio Dias Timm Porphyrospiza caerulescens Uh oh! It's that time of year again when all looks lost, all looks cold, all looks... blue. Blue Monday strikes again. The attic groans...
Image: Andreas Kay Physonota alutacea I love it when insects go all prehistoric! Turns out I love it even more when they go all prehistoric, spiky, twin-stinger wasp. Who knew? Image...
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Image: Bernard DUPONT Phyllidia ocellata Oooh, ouch! I've heard of rashes and boils, spots and pimples, warts and buboes... but clouds? Who comes up in clouds? Image: Sylke Rohrlach ...
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Image: Rob A sliver of fish cuts through the tropical darkness like a silver blade, a defiant icicle, or a really long pencil sharpened at both ends. I'd have thought it was an innovatio...
Image: epitree Favolaschia calocera They call it the Orange Pore Fungus but in my heart, it will always be the Waffle on a Stick. Doesn't it look like the perfect breakfast snack? Im...
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Stomotoca atra I'm sure you've heard of beer-bellied men and pot-bellied pigs... But what about Hanging Stomach Jellyfish? Image: WoRMS Editorial Board These cute, little jellyfish...
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Life is tough in the deep sea. Even Santa has to economise. There's not enough food to keep reindeer well fed, let alone towels to keep their fur dry. Sleighs have a habit of shattering un...
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Image: Frupus Metallyticus splendidus Iridescent Bark Mantis? Or a cockroach dressed up for disco night? Did you know that mantids are basically cockroaches who turned predatory and b...
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