By D. Filipiak Coral snakes are poisonous snakes. They’re also small and pretty quiet. So how can the snakes warn other crea...

Here's the lead—finish the rest of it here ! Shampoo made of cow urine based on an old Icelandic tradition  Icelandic entrepreneu...

In Swedish and Norwegian, a 'tappen' is the plug by which the rectum of a bear is closed during hibernation. — The OED (@OED) Apri...

From a correction in the New York Times :

Via Christina H . out of all the things we eat that were barfed up by other animals honey is my favorite

As readers of The Big Book of Gross Stuff know, coprolite is fossilized poop. How did it get fossilized? It’s really old! For exampl...

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Via Motherboard . "This newly discovered fish has an anus behind its head"

There's an orb-web spider known as  Cyclosa ginnaga  has a unique survival mechanism. It looks like bird poop! An...

The British Tarantula Society had its annual spider show ... and look who this year's winner was! Yep, that Socotra Island Blue Ba...