snakes Venomous snake kills teenage pet store worker, then escapes Mark Frauenfelder

Science Seeking out extraterrestrials by their stench David Pescovitz

spiders Mating season for Bay Area tarantulas just got longer Thom Dunn

trumpism What it would cost to build Trump's snake-and-alligator border moat Cory Doctorow

Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures 15 most poisonous animals on earth Mark Frauenfelder

Delightful Creatures What is the difference between venomous and poisonous animals? Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

drug policy Why animals eat psychoactive plants Johann Hari

politics Social Justice Warriors and the New Culture War Laurie Penny