Science and reality
A bold citizen science program keeps hospitals well-stocked with the antivenom that saves dozens every year.
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No deception is more complex than that of a genus of freshwater mussels called lampsilis.
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We're revisiting our favorite critters, from the deeply unsettling to the funny-looking to the cutest darn things you've ever seen.
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Absurd Creature of the Week is celebrating its 100th critter this Friday! To mark the occasion, we're compiling our favorite animal stars.
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Coming up on Absurd Creature 100, we look back at the ones that made us suspect that the universe is inherently evil.
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A lab at the University of California Irvine trying to figure out how to regrow lost limbs by studying the axolotl.
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In the rainforests of Peru there lurks a caterpillar that doesn’t appreciate people yelling at it.
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Let’s meet the camel spiders, 1,000 or so species the world over, creatures wrapped in a layer of mystery in a layer of lore in a layer of straight up murder.
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The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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