In this category you can find out about animals that, through no fault of their own, have a rather unfortunate appearance or lifestyle
[featured image] Social insects line up to die for the sake of their colony; however, few do it with as much gory gusto as soldiers of the termite, Globitermes sulphureus. The nests of this Southeast Asian termite are often plundered by ants. The soldier termites use their mean-looking mandibles to …
[featured image] A while ago I posted this. No one managed to correctly guess the identity of this mystery creature, so in this post I’m letting the copepod out of the bag. Apart from wanting to reveal the identity of this creature I also need to share the story of …
[featured image] Limbs are such endlessly useful appendages that it seems odd that so many terrestrial vertebrates should have lost them. More …
[featured image] There’s a small, wingless parasitic wasp (Methoca ichneumonides) that preys on a green-tiger larva by waiting for it to attack …
[featured image] There are a lot of people who are repulsed by insects, and for good reason, as a few of them, …
[featured image] If you thought the fat innkeeper had a raw deal (see my last post), then consider the fish in the …
[featured image] Evolution has been kind to some animals. Take the grace and the noble looks of the big cats or the …