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Sabrina Imbler

A Brunneria borealis mantid hanging upside down from a twig of wheat (is that how you say it)

Creaturefector

She’s Literally Mother

A saltwater fish called a cero looking concerned

This Parasite Has Become A Full-Time Booger

a deep-sea Malacosarcus sp., or prickelfish. Seen at a depth of nearly 5,900 meters (3.7 miles)

The Twilight Chorus That Can Be Heard 18,000 Feet Under The Sea

a Kakapo named Sirocco exhibited at the Orokonui Ecosanctuary in Dunedin, New Zealand

Honey, They Yassified A Kākāpō!

Two adult male humpback whales. one whale has its penis inserted into the genital opening of the whale below it An injury is visible on the mandible of the whale underneath.

Fleeting Joy, Unexpected Despair, And Eventual Peace; Or, The Time I Learned About Two Gay Humpback Whales

An image of Flaco in his chain-link exhibit at the Central Park Zoo

Birdfector

What Do We Owe Zoo Animals?

a female ant-mimicking spider Myrmarachne formicaria

Everybody Wants To Be An Ant

A horrible AI-generated image of a rat with an enormous cock and balls

The Brief And Wondrous Life Of The AI Giant-Penised Rat, Explained

A round stingray (Urolophus halleri) I photographed in shallow water at Bolsa Chica wetlands (Southern California). The clouds of sand around the eyes and and body were formed as the stingray flapped and positioned deeper in the sand, expelling water. You can see the spiracles behind the eyes.

Charlotte The Ray Did NOT Have Sex With A Shark, So Stop Asking!

Kelsey McKinney

Barry Petchesky

Patrick Redford

David Roth

Whale stranded at Winterton, 1857. 'This fine specimen of the whale tribe was driven ashore at Winterton by the gales which visited the coast of Norfolk...When the whale found himself upon land he roared loudly, and he struggled most lustily to regain the deep...The colour of the outer coat is dark brown on the back, vanishing off towards the body of a bluish grey. The body is white; also about two feet of the nose and baleen is white; the rest of the outer part is black. We understand that the skin, head, and tail were removed from the carcase for exhibition. The whale is stated to weigh about 25 tons'. From &quot;Illustrated London News&quot;, 1857.

Defector Reads A Book

From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’

A little yellow frog with a tiny white mushroom sprouting out of its side

Mushroom Growing On A Frog? Now That’s A Toadstool

The Little Fish With A Mouth That Defies All Logic

a photo of a lobster named Currant, a split blue lobster

Meet The Eight Celebrity Lobsters Of Biddeford, Maine

a sea otter eating a crab in Monterey Bay

Hungry Sea Otters Can Change The World

Shark Is Maybe Baby

An African grey parrot looking at the camera

Let The British Parrots Say “Fuck”

An illustration of two dung beetles rolling a ball of dung

Dung Beetle Study Suggests That Sisyphus Would Have Appreciated A Buddy

a stuffed specimen of a swamp antechinus, which is a small brown marsupial, against a green background

The Sex Fest Keeps Getting Worse and Worse

hanging sculptures by Ruth Asawa in the tower of the de young museum

Arts And Culture

In The Shadows Of Ruth Asawa

Low angle view of moon against clear sky at night

Science

Is There A Better Way To Honor Your Dog Than Littering The Moon?

Wolf Spiders, Actually, Are All Around

a grid of ultrasound images of my (now former) breasts may they RIP!

Life Lessons

Even Good Health Insurance Is Bad; Or, How I Got Top Surgery With A Family History Of Breast Cancer

A blue-green iridescent wasp with a pointy pointy rear

The Year In Parasitic Wasps

A flattened scroll of lead with words etched on it: “sathanas taleke belzebuk hinrik berith”

This Month In Curse Tablets

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, believed to be the oldest reptile living on earth with and alleged age of 185 years, opens his mouth in a kind of yawn as he stands on grass