The King Ghidorah worm has one head but many branching butts

Monsters are real and they live inside sponges.

By Cassidy Ward 1 day ago

Dragons are real…at least this monster fossilized ichthyosaur could count as one

Here there be dragons, or at least a fossil that just about looks like one.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago

Glowing jellyfish brains could help us read human minds 

We might learn more about what goes on inside the human brain from the glowing neurons of jellyfish.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago

Ancient Cthulhus filled the Atlantic 80 million years ago

In his house at Santonia, dead seppenradensis waits dreaming.

By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago

Phallic prehistoric worms were hermiting before hermit crabs ever hermited

Prehistoric priapulans, aka "penis worms," hung out in empty shells long before hermit crabs existed.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

SpongeBob is smarter than you think! Sea sponges found to have proto-nervous systems

Who lives in the ocean and can sort of think? SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago

Get over here! Giant-clawed sea scorpion ruled the Silurian

The Silurian was metal.

By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago

Move over, Elmer. Real adhesive strength requires mussels

By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago

Lovecraftian living fossils were thought to be extinct for 273 million years…until now

By Elizabeth Rayne 8 months ago

What looks like The Blob is actually a glob full of eggs released by the Kraken

By Elizabeth Rayne 9 months ago