A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. There are beautiful pictures at the source (if you are not an arachnophobe)Believed to be a new species in the genus Cyclosa, the arachnid crafts the larger spider from leaves, debris and dead insects. Though Cyclosa includes other ( Read more... )

Scientists discover new species of 'blind snake' in Brazilian river that looks remarkably like a piece of the human anatomy (and stop sniggering)

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An octopus dwelling in the frigid waters of the Antarctic doesn't wear gloves on its tentacles, but it has found another way to endure the cold. A new study shows that this animal uses a trick called RNA editing to customize crucial nervous system proteins to work at low temperatures. The paper is the first to reveal that RNA editing, not just ( Read more... )

A bizarre underwater "icicle of death" has been filmed by a BBC crew.With timelapse cameras, specialists recorded salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking ( Read more... )