Nature & Wildlife Pictures & Videos
Maior cajueiro do mundo or Cajueiro de Pirangi (en: world’s largest cashew tree or cashew tree of Pirangi) is a cashew tree in Pirangi do Norte, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. In 1994, the tree entered the Guinness Book of Records. It covers an area of about 7,300 or almost 8,400 square metres. The size [...]
Since yesterday we posted the world’s largest insect here is the other side of the spectrum with the smallest frog on the planet (so far). Field work by researcher Fred Kraus from Bishop Museum, Honolulu has found the world’s smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea. This also makes them the world’s smallest tetrapods (non-fish vertebrates). [...]
The world’s biggest bug was found recently by a 53 year old former park ranger on Little Barrier Island, in New Zealand. The insect known as the Weta is found only on this particular island. The insect’s wing span is nearly 7 inches and it weighs 71 grams. Source
Half bat, half frog!? Sadly no, the new species was discovered in 2008. Scientists named it the vampire frog because of the “fangs” that can be seen on the tadpoles of the species. Tadpoles normally have mouthparts similar to a beak. Instead, vampire tree frog tadpoles have a pair of hard black hooks sticking out [...]
Everybody has seen bears catching salmon on top of a waterfall before, it’s awesome. But watching it in super slow motion HD is a completely different experience.
This australian jumping spider has amazing red, blue and green coloring and it’s tiny, only about 4-5mm.
In July 2010 Sindh, Pakistan received an unusually heavy amount of rain during their monsoon season. The result was massive flooding, and after the water refused to recede spiders were forced into the trees to spin their webs. The result is a series of ghostly web cocoons covering the trees. The strangest part however, was [...]
Unlike the ants in Zombie Ants, Part 1 these ants “zombified” by a mind controlling fungus called Ophiocordyceps camponoti-balzani found only in the Brazilian Rain Forest. First, the ant is infected by the fungus. Next, the ant’s brain is controlled and the ant is moved to a location where the fungus can spread its spores [...]
Ok, so they aren’t really zombies because they aren’t actually dead. However, these ants are under mind control by a parasitic flatworm called the liver fluke. There is a more humorous take on the whole story on The Oatmeal but according to an article by Science World: Along comes an ant, host number three. It swallows [...]
We’ve shown plenty of ugly animals, here are some cute mini sized animals that fit right in the palm of your hand.
