Rue The Day!

These clear ants munched on this colored goo and afterwards you could tell which ones switched goo piles.

Can you guess what this is a picture is? If you said a strawberry, you win! See more cool microscope shots here.

Finally, a vegan-geek-friendly alternative to regular frog dissections.

Sure we all want to look a little better naked, but not at the cost of shitting ourselves or destroying our sex organs.

Some of the animals on this Discovery list are new, many aren’t, but they’re all utterly weird.

Did you know you can give birth to your own sibling’s child if you happen to have killed them and absorbed them in the womb? Read about this and more disturbing facts here.

Vampire bats are given a bad name, partially because they survive on blood, but partially because they share their moniker with a certain Hollywood monster. But really, they live fascinating lives that rely on the altruism of the other bats they share a home with. Learn more over on The Proceedings of the Ever So Strange.

Why make your kiddos the same boring plushies they could buy at the store, when you could make them an awesome light-up plush angler fish instead? It is not only cute, it will also get them more interested in science and double as a nightlight. Not bad for a plushie, huh?

I don’t know about you, but I have always found carnivorous plants to be fascinating. Unfortunately, it seems all we ever hear about are pitcher plants and Venus fly traps. This great article on WebEcoist covers seven different plants of this type, each of which are just as fascinating as the best known of the group.

Enjoy your insulation foam kiddos.