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a short video clip showing a deep sea barreleye fish

New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists captured footage of the barreleye fish using an underwater robot.

Fish
(Left) Researchers found a spatial organization to the way that neurons are activated when a jellyfish is coordinating behavior; (Right) The jellyfish folds the right side of its body to bring a tiny brine shrimp to its mouth.

Scientists inserted disco 'strobe lights' into jellyfish to see how they function without brains

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists genetically modified jellyfish in order to make their neurons light up.

Jellyfish
A depth scan through the wing scales of a pupa that has completed 83% of its metamorphosis. The left shows the amount of light reflected by the scales, while the phase information on the right shows finer gradations of how far the light traveled to the scales.

New video reveals how 'caterpillar soup' transforms into shimmering butterfly wings

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Scientists watched butterfly wing scales form within the chrysalis.

Butterflies
A bigfin squid swims in the deep sea.

Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The bigfin squid has a ghostly pale appearance and long, spindly tentacles.

Squids
two bald eagles lying on the ground, their wings and bodies overlapping

Tangled bald eagles crash land on Minnesota street

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The bald eagles may have tangled while fighting over territory or executing a courtship ritual.

Birds
a giant sunfish being hoisted over the deck of a boat with a crane

4,400-pound sunfish caught off North Africa literally tips the scales

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The enormous fish was caught and released earlier this month.

Fish
a tortoise sits behind a baby bird on a log

Tortoise hunts baby bird in slow-motion, crushes its skull in shocking video

By Nicoletta Lanese published

This is the first video evidence of a tortoise hunting anything.

Birds
a fox squirrel leaps from a flexible rod and rebounds off a wall to land on a small platform

(VIDEO) Watch squirrels perform parkour-like stunts for peanuts

By Nicoletta Lanese published

If only our robots were as agile as squirrels.

Land Mammals
Image of plane flying over a lake with a plume of water and fish gushing from the underside

Viral video captures fish tumbling from planes in Utah

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Utah wildlife officials have restocked lakes in this way since the 1950s.

Fish
sheet of spider webs covered in spiders lain over leafless shrubs

'Ballooning' spiders leave behind sea of silk after flood in Australia

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The phenomenon is "surprisingly common" after floods, experts say.

Flooding
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