Meet Sphaerocoris annulatus, the jewel bug that looks like it was painted by an artist. People even call this creature the "Picasso Bug" as a nickname. The Picasso Bug is… Read the rest of the article: Meet the Picasso bug: the jewel-colored insect that looks like art

Long before Instagram and TikTok, Victorian children had their own ways of documenting life. For Emily Mary Madden, that meant turning her beloved cat into the star of an elaborate… Read the rest of the article: Victorian girl's sketchbook turns her cat Mouton into a playful fantasy hero

Someone spotted something strange on a container of Himalayan pink salt. The label says the salt was "formed by the primal sea more than 250 million years ago." It also… Read the rest of the article: Bottle of salt from before the dinosaurs has an expiration date of 2019

A handwritten sign sits in front of an empty window: call out "Max" and an angel will appear. In this video, a woman passing by notices the sign and decides… Read the rest of the article: Watch an adorable pup surprise people as they walk by his window

Driving through a locust swarm is like passing through a living sandstorm. This video from the Sahara Desert shows just how chaotic it gets — an absurd number of locusts cover everything… Read the rest of the article: Driving Through a Locust Swarm Looks Like a Living Sandstorm

Watch a tiny inchworm make its way across someone's arm. It's just big enough to spot, but could easily be mistaken for an eyelash. It has a little blob on… Read the rest of the article: This inchworm is so small it looks like an eyelash crawling across someone's arm

I want to know what is going on in this puppy's mind to cause such an adorable temper tantrum. It worked because I'm now convinced that whatever this little dachshund… Read the rest of the article: Watch this mini dachshund throw a tiny temper tantrum

Scientists have completed the most detailed map ever made of an adult animal brain by charting every cell and connection in a fruit fly's brain (the fly brain map is ridiculously… Read the rest of the article: Scientists complete the first full wiring diagram of a fruit fly brain

This Michigan lighthouse covered in ice looks like something out of a dream. I've never seen a structure so completely devoured by icicles before. There's no way I'd have known… Read the rest of the article: Michigan lighthouse becomes surreal ice sculpture after arctic blast

A lovely collection of snowman sign photographs by Rolando Pujol. These snowmen have a nostalgic, vintage feeling and advertise different roadside stops. My favorite is the snowman on slide #1, who reminds… Read the rest of the article: Vintage snowman roadside signs across America, photographed by Rolando Pujol

If you're feeling sick of the winter cold, this sweet video is a reminder that warmer and brighter days lie ahead. A cute bunny named Wilma chomps on a big… Read the rest of the article: Adorable bunny Wilma chomps yellow flower in therapeutic POV video

These stunning photos of butterfly and moth wings were taken by photographer @sagaoptics. Shot with a macro lens, they reveal every fiber and pattern of the insect wing up close.… Read the rest of the article: Macro photography reveals hidden art in butterfly and moth wings

Watch a homemade medieval trebuchet fling a ball of fire into the night sky. The counterweight drops, the arm swings, and a flaming projectile arcs across the darkness like a slow-motion firework.… Read the rest of the article: Watch a homemade medieval trebuchet launch a flaming fireball into the night sky

Ever stare at something in your fridge and try to decide whether it's worth the gamble? DoesItLast is a website that gives you the FDA/USDA guidelines on when food goes… Read the rest of the article: This website tells you whether your food is still safe to eat

These images of skeletonized leaves from 1864 are intricate masterpieces. They come from a treatise called Phantom Flowers, which described the art of stripping away a leaf's tissue to reveal… Read the rest of the article: These intricate "phantom" leaves from 1864 look like delicate lace Cut-Outs Preserved in Time

This bamboo slingshot is built almost entirely from a single material — and it hits hard enough to shatter a ceramic cup with a bamboo dart. Every component is shaped… Read the rest of the article: Watch a bamboo slingshot smash a ceramic cup to pieces

This tiny banana photo collection looks like it was taken in a dollhouse orchard. The bananas here stopped growing early, leaving behind perfect little replicas that seem designed for playing… Read the rest of the article: These Tiny Bananas Look Like They Came From a Dollhouse Orchard

A car fire near North Hollywood's iconic Circus Liquor store created peak LA chaos this week when flames and smoke rose directly behind the landmark's giant clown sign. The clown… Read the rest of the article: Giant flaming clown scene near Circus Liquor turns a simple car fire into peak Los Angeles chaos

Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder had harsh words for yogurt between 23 and 79 CE, calling it "yaghurt." This may be the first written mention of yogurt: "Curdled milk, of a peculiar… Read the rest of the article: Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder mocked "yaghurt" as a dumb food fad nearly 2,000 years ago

The birds in these photos aren't being terrorized by ants — they're having a self-care day. Despite how alarming it looks, this behavior is completely intentional. What would be a nightmare for… Read the rest of the article: Birds in these photos are deliberately letting ants crawl all over them for health reasons