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x2 logan my beloved

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Game of the year

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YOINK!

Source: US fish and wildlife service on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C817Hl-qrm-/)

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For our newest unofficial video series, we give you—things you had no idea were floating around in the ocean.

Meet Craseoa lathetica (maybe). We know little about this species of siphonophore, but MBARI researchers typically observe these delicate drifters between 175 and 925 meters (575 and 3,035 feet) deep, although we have had some sightings as deep as 3,075 meters (10,090 feet)!

Robotic submersibles give MBARI researchers the opportunity to observe life in the midnight zone. Siphonophores and their more distant relatives, jellies and comb jellies, thrive in this dark world without physical boundaries.

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Garden snails (Cornu aspersum) with scalariform shells, a rare genetic mutation.

Typical shell formation:

Photo 1 via The Malacological Society of London, 2-4 by saber_animal, 5 by joknight_nz, and 6 (typical shell) by benanna

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how many kitties can you spot?

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With its powerful jaws and sharp teeth, the California sheephead is an incredible fish that can cut through the mightiest sea urchins and protect kelp forests! 

Did we mention they also sleep in a mucus cocoon at night? 👀

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Neighbourhood Dispute

A mudskipper and a crab have a territorial dispute in Roebuck Bay, Australia. 

by Ofer Levy

Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

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Homotherium cub based on the incredible newly discovered mummy!

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“My dogs thought I was still in the front yard”

(via)

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Jumping spider mimic planthoppers in the genus Rhotana

Photo 1 by tenebrionidfan, 2 by gancw1, 3 by budak, and 4 by deeqld

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thinking about creatures.

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Did y'all know caddisfly larvae could swim? I sure didn't.

Reddit video credit: u/London_Darger

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kittenheavenpov on tiktok

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New York State Parks official IG posted about an owl they rescued but decided to use only the most wretched photos of this creature, including what EYE think is the best bird photograph ever taken

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