The endless expanse of the ocean’s midnight zone offers plenty of room to stretch out. Here, some animals can grow to great lengths. Siphonophores are gelatinous animals composed of specialized parts... continue reading

posted by newtboy 12 months ago • 129 views • 3:36

When grown-up jellyfish love each other very much, they make huge numbers of teeny-tiny potato-shaped larvae. Those larvae grow into little polyps that cling to rocks and catch prey with their stinging... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 38 views • 4:39

At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean!... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 213 views • 1:46

COLUMBIA, SC Three former Orangeburg County law officers caught in an FBI sting where federal agents pretended to be members of a Mexican drug-smuggling cartel have been sentenced to prison, according... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 15 views • 1:20

YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:43

"Ant venom delivery captured, for the first time, in slow-motion (1,000fps) & up-close video. The ants (and stingers) featured in this video are the Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius and the trap-jaw... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 700 views • 3:31

No one signed up to read to Sting, so the library put out a call for 4-8 year olds. Now he's booked solid, so I gotta ask, Sting....why the long face?

posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 278 views • 1:41

YouTube description: From bee sting to cobra bites, we measure the deadliest substance known to mankind and see how much it takes to kill a person. Everything from the top 10 deadliest substance, most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 2,402 views • 3:24

The Velvet Ant, which is actually a species of wingless wasp, is well known for possessing one of the most painful stings in the insect kingdom. In fact, this legendary sting is so painful it has even... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 110 views • 15:02

"Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:31

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 2:56

Ever wonder how a Jelly Fish stings you?

posted by Morganth 1 decade 6 months 3 weeks ago • 749 views • 6:05