Porcupine Tomato
Solanum pyracanthos, also known as the porcupine tomato, is an evergreen shrub native to tropical Madagascar and the islands of the western Indian Ocean of the genus Solanum, a diverse and...Scary Monster
The “Montauk Monster” was an animal carcass, thought to be a raccoon that washed ashore on a beach near the business district of Montauk, New York in July 2008. The identity of the...The Bleeding Tooth Fungus
Hydnellum peckii is an inedible (though not toxic) fungus, and a member of the genus Hydnellum of the family Bankeraceae. It is a hydnoid species, producing spores on the surface of vertical spines...
The dangerous invasive weed
Daphne laureola, commonly called spurge-laurel is a shrub in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae. Despite the name, this woodland plant is neither a spurge nor a laurel. Its native range covers...
The colorless monster
The crocodile icefish or white-blooded fish (Channichthyidae) comprise a family of notothenioid fishes found in the cold waters around Antarctica and southern South America. Water temperatures...
The sensitive bird
The Southern Cassowary has stiff, bristly black plumage, a blue face and neck, red on the nape and two red wattles measuring around 17.8 cm (7.0 in) in length hanging down around its throat. A...The living gun
The mantis shrimp, or stomatopod, is a type of marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda. Most species can grow to around 10 centimeters in length, though a few species reach up to 38 cm (15 in)....
the desert meets the sea
The dry lands of Namibia were inhabited since early times by San, Damara, and Namaqua, and since about the 14th century AD by immigrating Bantu who came with the Bantu expansion. Most of the...
