happy mutants 25 years ago, a mutant American crayfish turned to asexual reproduction, and all of Europe's lakes are filling up with its clones Cory Doctorow

caterpillars This caterpillar wears its old molted heads as hats Thom Dunn

Environment "The current [insect] extinction crisis is deeply worrisome," say experts Mark Frauenfelder

delightful microcosms Man collects sand, seawater, and seaweed in a jar, and a year later the jar is teeming with life Mark Frauenfelder

spiders Watch this massive tarantula drag an opossum it just killed Carla Sinclair

jumping spiders Watch: Scientist discovers type of spider that nurses its babies with high-protein milk Carla Sinclair

cannabis Maine restaurant getting lobsters high to ease their suffering Rusty Blazenhoff

NSFW Naughty Tijuana Bible about Trump and Stormy Mark Frauenfelder

twitter Explaining marine invertebrate reproductive strategies to the lobster-obsessed Jordan Peterson Cory Doctorow

aliens Scientists declare octopi life from another world Jason Weisberger

Back from the dead DNA proves the amazing "tree lobster" insect still alive after 100 years of supposed extinction Carla Sinclair

giant squid Watch this giant squid latch onto a guy's paddleboard Rusty Blazenhoff

wonderful creatures Adorable cockroach Rob Beschizza

Environment Quarter of bumble bee species may soon be endangered in US Rob Beschizza

Science Small eel photographed by accident on coral reef is first green fluorescent fish ever recorded Xeni Jardin

Science 'Dracula fish' and snub-nosed monkeys among 200+ new species discovered in Himalayas Xeni Jardin

What caused the Cambrian Explosion? Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink

migration Meet Sedgewick the Monarch Caterpillar—and find out what you can do to save his species David Mizejewski