World’s Strangest

Are animals better at predicting what the weather is going to be like than the Met Office ? For centuries birds and animals have been observed as a wa…

(Video Link) If you enjoy how cute this little baby seal is while screaming like a human child, then you’ll also like the other animals that scream like people as seen on BuzzFeed. Link

(Video Link) Corgi puppies are some of the most vertically challenged animals the world, thankfully, this little one has a friend to help him climb up the stairs. Via BuzzFeed

Iran have successfully launched a capsule capable of carrying animals as part of their space program. The move is a concern to western powers due to t…

URL Hunter is a game played entirely in your browser’s address bar! You are the “O”, trying to eat the “a”s (animals), but it’s harder than you might think. Use the arrow keys to move and the space bar to consume -but hurry! You only have 30 seconds. Link -via Breakfast Links

Neatorama has featured a number of stories about animals who have received prosthetics before, including Beauty the Bald Eagle, who lost her beak when it was shot by a hunter. WebEcoist has a great collection of these stories including many you probably haven’t seen yet. Link

(YouTube Link) This should counter the hornet massacre from earlier with a more interesting look at animals confronting each other. Anyone know the location? Vietnam? The giggling girl makes me smile big. via Cynical-C

Most people, including myself, tend to avoid getting close up to snakes, photographer but Guido Mocafico sees the beauty in the animals and managed to photograph them in an amazing way that makes the rest of us able to appreciate them. Link

Scientists have discovered that animals exude a “stench of death” when they die in order to repel their living relatives. The system could have de…

Most people are probably aware that some plants are carnivorous (insectivorous), but many probably don’t know much other than the venus fly trap.  In fact, there are quite a few varieties of insect-hungry plants.  In fact, there are more than 660 species of known carnivorous plants. The plant pictured here captures its prey by luring [...]