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This glob of mucus may not look like much, but thanks to research by @mbari-blog, we can properly identify it as a giant snot palace!
Learn about these larvacean-made, environmentally friendly mucus mansions in our newest @montereybayaquarium episode!
The deep sea contains some of the most bizarre creatures on Earth - but what else can you expect from animals that evolved in a dark, cold, high-pressure environment!
In 1998, NASA and ESA engineers were tasked with a particularly dizzying challenge: fix a billion-dollar satellite that’s spinning out of control!
We tend to think of COVID-19 as a lung infection, but there's evidence that it might also be affecting the hearts of healthy athletes without them even knowing it.
These little fliers may be small, but pound for pound, they go farther than just about anyone else.
Hairs are no match against steel razors, but that doesn't mean the razor leaves the battle scene unscathed.
The group of bacteria known as Chlamydiae are infamous for the variety of illnesses they cause; but it turns out, we may have Chlamydiae to thank for life as we know it!
If you want to travel the universe, you have to figure out how to get your spaceship from point A to point B in one piece. The good news is we’ve discovered a lot of different ways to get around space!
You may not think a lot about birds, but these former-dinosaurs are pretty amazing! From flying through hurricanes to sitting on power lines, there’s a lot that sets these winged-creatures apart.
Magicians have a handy ace up their sleeve: your brain! And they're not the only ones who know how to use it.
Blue pigments are hard to come by in nature, so on the rare occasion this color does appear it's thanks to a handful of compounds creating just the right conditions to reflect blue photons!
Despite its soft name, you don’t want to mess with the velvet ant. For one, they’re not technically ants, they’re wasps, and also, they’re parasites.
Someday in the not-so-distant future your phone could run on bacteria instead of a battery.
Orcas are some of the most effective predators in the ocean, and each population of them have developed unique hunting techniques that definitely earn them the “killer whale” title.