Orange Pore Fungus

Image: epitree
Favolaschia calocera

They call it the Orange Pore Fungus but in my heart, it will always be the Waffle on a Stick.

Doesn't it look like the perfect breakfast snack?

Hanging Stomach Jellyfish

Stomotoca atra

I'm sure you've heard of beer-bellied men and pot-bellied pigs...

But what about Hanging Stomach Jellyfish?

Merry Christmas!

Life is tough in the deep sea. Even Santa has to economise. There's not enough food to keep reindeer well fed, let alone towels to keep their fur dry. Sleighs have a habit of shattering under the pressure and poor old Santa has a tough time retaining his jolly, rotund figure.

And so, here's Santa the Whip-lash Squid dragging a sack of gifts in his own tentacle. Look closely and you can see a toy Alvin submersible and a whole lot of tuna. Thank goodness they don't ask for much, these denizens of the deep!

Video: Visual Art and Production

Mery Christmas everyone!

Iridescent Bark Mantis

Image: Frupus
Metallyticus splendidus

Iridescent Bark Mantis?

Or a cockroach dressed up for disco night?

Liguus Tree Snail

Image: Rafy Rodriguez
Liguus virgineus

You don't have to take a dip in the ocean to be wowed by a beautiful gastropod.

Some of them are right there in the trees!

Social Feather Duster Worm

Image: Nick Hobgood
Bispira brunnea

It's the cluster duster!

In my experience, feather dusters are often gregarious—I usually find them in packs of three or four, sometimes six—but the Social Feather Duster Worm puts those numbers to shame!