Chinese researchers recently reported on venomous toxins of the giant jellyfish. They revealed that this aquatic creature mixes a “cocktail” of toxins to produce stinging agony and sometimes death unto its victims.^1,2

Pangolins just received an odd form of political protection.¹

Found in southeast Asia and Africa, these creatures look like a cross between a Texas armadillo and an aardvark anteater.² (When Spanish conquistadores encountered armadillos in Texas, they called them “pigs wearing armor” but soon learned to eat them.)

An ancient city found deep in a Central American rainforest yields a surprising discovery.

Scientists from China, Sweden, and Australia have discovered what they claim is the oldest known parasite, publishing their results in Nature Communications.¹ The evidence comes from small tube-shaped objects attached to the shells of the host brachiopods.² Scientists speculate that these tubes contained some sort of parasitic worm.

An amazing abundance of life can be found in the strangest places—such as the backs of turtles. It was previously known that an array of life was present on the backs of loggerhead sea turtles, and new research shows that it's more abundant and diverse than scientists ever realized.¹