What the heck is washing up on California’s coast? Could they be alien eggs sent to hatch and take over our planet, or are they just some kind of bizarre jellyfish? As of now, no one is quite sure. However, many hypotheses have been put forward. Some say they are sea salps, a vertebrate that […]
Warning: Don’t try some of these things at home. 1. This is what happens when you cut a water droplet using a superhydrophobic knife on a surface that doesn’t get wet. View this image › Arizona State University/Sploid / Via journals.plos.org 2. This is the view from the Soyuz capsule, the spacecraft that takes astronauts […]
Steve Bargeron was fishing in Fort Pierce, Florida one night when he realized he had hooked something big. He had no idea just how big until he wrangled it out of the ocean. At 18”, the size of the catch would have been cause for excitement if it were most any kind of fish, but Bargeron […]
If you’ve ever gone on a beach vacation, you’ve probably seen dozens of vendors selling sand dollars. Judging by how many shops carry them, these rigid, white treasures are pretty popular with the little ones. The sad part is that we rarely get to see these creatures alive. Until now, that is. Check out this […]
Shark Week might still be a few months away, but there’s no shortage of terrifying content on the Internet for those of us who want to start early. We don’t get much shark-on-shark action during Shark Week, but you best believe that these creatures of the deep are just as good at hurting each other […]
Are you having a bad day? Did you mess up at work or make your significant other mad? Hey, it happens. I know that’s cold comfort right now, but at least you’re not the guy who failed to properly secure thousands of dollars’ worth of cargo to the deck of this ship. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DCBP_ATF’); […]
As the planet’s climate continues to change, people in many coastal regions are reporting extreme upticks in the number of jellyfish washing up on beaches. The vast majority of these critters are moon jellyfish, which are fairly common. While moon jellies are still dangerous, they’re at least relatively small. When the giant lion’s mane jellyfish […]
Surf photographer Clark Little has garnered nearly one million followers on Instagram with his amazing photographs of breaking waves. Unlike most pictures that you’ll see of giant waves crashing down, these are not taken safely from the shoreline, but smack in the middle of all the action. With his bravery, Little brings us the hidden […]
When Thomaz Monteiro and Brian Thompson went for a dive in the depths around Bat Island, off the coast of Costa Rica, they were shocked when a giant sea creature came looming toward them. However the poor thing, a large manta ray, meant them no harm. It had gotten wrapped up in a fishing net […]