Burying Beetle Mom: Conscientious Cannibal?

Mother’s Day honors the bond between mom and child, but many animal mothers are more Mommie Dearest than Mom of the Year–at least at first glance. Take the burying beetle …
She’s a “bad” mom because … she eats her young in a deadly game of musical chairs.
Burying beetle larvae typically move [...]

Perhaps his owner feared being fleeced with the price of a haircut these days.
But after three years without so much as a trim, Victa the sheep’s woolly coat was starting to become a burden.
After a tip-off from neighbours in Melbourne, the Australian RSPCA stepped in to give Victa - who was being kept in a [...]

Close Encounter: A Bug’s Face

Aren’t you glad nobody puts your face under a microscope? The Dobsonfly was featured in the Oklahoma Microscopy Society’s “Ugly Bug Contest.” The picture submitted into the contest was processed using a scanning electron microscope, which magnifies the bug 10 to 500 times their original size, revealing the true features of [...]

Most monkeys are happy swinging in the trees of tropical jungles but from the look on the face of this one there is nothing like indulging in a hot bath after a long day.
These incredible pictures are of Japanese macaques relaxing in a hot spring in Yamanouchi, central Japan.
Nicknamed the snow monkey, the cheeky-looking animals [...]

$1,060,000 - Diva Vodka
This bottle of vodka hails from Scotland and its price is the result of how much “bling” you want your bottle to have. The bottle can be encrusted with precious gems: diamonds, rubies, sapphires, etc. Blackwood Distillers makes this triple distilled vodka that is ice-filtered through Nordic birch charcoal and then for [...]