The camel spider! They’re fast, have powerful jaws, and chase down & kill prey items like insects, spiders, scorpions, lizards, snakes, and more! They get a really bad rap due to their unusually scary appearance, but they are very useful to have around
They live in dark tunnels, they have beady eyes, large buck teeth, nearly hairless wrinkled pink skin… this is the naked mole rat! These amazing critters live in burrows in harsh living conditions. It’s hot, low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide, and crowded
Hagfish are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish that live their lives eating mostly dead flesh of fallen ocean victims. They can also burrow their way into living marine creatures
One of the stranger looking fish in the animal kingdom is the anglerfish. These deep sea creatures lurk about in the shadows looking for food or a mate in a world of total
The thorny devil, aka thorny lizard, thorny dragon, or Moloch, is a small species of desert dwelling lizard native to Australia. The closest lizard to them is the horned lizard of
The black witch moth is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore. It has been told that if one was to fly into your house it would bring bad luck. If a
The brown recluse or as it’s sometimes called the ‘fiddleback’ or ‘violin’ spider, because of the violin-shaped marking on its dorsum, bites can cause ulcerative lesions
And another fun October article… The botfly! Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, & gadflies, are a family of flies who deposit their eggs
The vampire bat. The stuff of legends. Contrary to the mythical tales of Dracula, these flying mammals cannot transform into the dreaded undead. But they do feed on blood as their meal
Among the largest known insects and the largest known beetle, by mass – next to the Titanus giganteus, the Hercules beetle slowly moves into today’s article. They have been touted as being able to
