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

RFK Jr The Mercola Tapes: wellness entrepreneur meets spirit, gets CO2 enema and condemns veterinarians Jennifer Sandlin

madagascar The lowland streaked tenrec uses its spines to communicate via ultrasonic noises Jennifer Sandlin

sharks Sharks make sounds! Listen to the first recordings Allan Rose Hill

books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn

Science The clouds above us teem with strange creatures Allan Rose Hill

art FrEEKs! is a book of wonderfully weird mutants and creatures by cartoonist J.R. Williams Mister Dobo

law Judge rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because "an elephant is not a person" Allan Rose Hill

Japan Strange statues and folklore haunt Japan's Yokai town Popkin

Mutant fruit flies created by radiation, would take over Earth within months Ellsworth Toohey

adorable animals Behold the biscuit-making skills of Wilbur the binturong Jennifer Sandlin

animals Bizarre blob discovered covering underwater listening device Allan Rose Hill

art A surreal marine-themed carousel in Nantes, France Popkin

animals Chinese zoo paints dogs to look like pandas (video) Allan Rose Hill

crimes Man sentenced to life for killing friend who he believed was summoning Bigfoot to eat him Allan Rose Hill

Delightful Creatures The sad, strange story of a taxidermied elephant Natalie Dressed