bugs Maine invaded by toxic cannibal worms Thom Dunn

machine learning Create your own fully-rendered CGI fantasy monsters with Google AI Thom Dunn

marine life Giant string-like creature composed of "millions of interconnected clones" found off the coast of Australia Thom Dunn

Weird Meet the "werewolf mouse" who hunts scorpions and deadly centipedes and howls at the moon Gareth Branwyn

music Is this a Midicorn or a Unichord? Rob Beschizza

movies Christopher Nolan "tricked" studio into casting Cillian Murphy in Batman Begins Devin Nealy

AI nightmare fuel "Octopus Dinner" AI video provides grotesque nightmare fuel Jennifer Sandlin

movies Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of famed M., to direct movie Devin Nealy

animation The Midnight Parasites is a short psychedelic animation directed by Yoji Kuri Popkin

Weird Listen to Sasha Sagan's captivating new podcast about the bizarre and sometimes beautiful customs of humanity David Pescovitz

storm Brutal winter storm takes out waterfront restaurant's dining room in Provincetown Rusty Blazenhoff

surreal Nathan Reidt is an artist who creates surreal, lumpy wonders Popkin

movies EO, Jerry Skolimowski's new film, is about much more than a wandering donkey Elías Villoro

Cryptozoology Interview with a career cryptozoologist David Pescovitz

books Take a creepy cross country roadtrip with The United States of Cryptids Thom Dunn

mexico Strange jaguar skeleton surrounded by starfish discovered in Mexico City David Pescovitz

animation Henry Eats: tune in for total strangeness Popkin

Art and Design Check out Patricia Piccinini's studio, where she makes her grotesque hyperrealistic sculptures Popkin

war The time the US military created a vampire hoax by killing a Filipino guerrilla and poking holes in his neck David Pescovitz

dinosaurs An 8-year-old transformed this empty lot into a complete town for elves and dinosaurs Thom Dunn