Yes, dead jellyfish can still sting you, even if you find one washed up on the beach.  And it doesn’t have to be a whole jellyfish - even small bits and pieces of tentacle can cause a painful...

Woodpeckers with long tongues have specialized wiry structures that wrap around the skull, but not in direct contact with the brain. This Y-shaped structure consists of stiff, yet flexible,...

Albatrosses are large seabirds with the longest wingspans of any bird in the world, up to 10 or 12 feet.  As a biologist, I became intrigued with the flight of the albatross after watching huge...

Whenever I listen to the song of a Humpback whale, I am captivated by the eery quality of the complex sounds. There’s no doubt that whales are highly intelligent creatures that regularly...

Electric eels can produce 600-volt electric pulses up to 400 times per second.  These high-voltage pulses are so strong that they remotely activate the neurons inside the prey, making their...

Believe me when I tell you from personal experience, that observing wild Komodo dragons from a few feet away gives you a whole new respect for the size and power of these giant lizards. Komodo...