Some readers are bound to ask: what's the deal with the URL of this blog? Originally, it was intended to push the boundaries of fantasy...

(Apologies on the lateness for this entry. I actually have no idea why this bugger took me so long. It feels like I've been a bit off-k...

Ever wonder how stories of mermaids got started? Like, who decided to put a hot lady on a fish's body? It was obviously someone very dr...

Any environmentalist  will tell you that every animal alive today has its place in the world. Every single species is a special little snow...

So I'm now back in a little area of Illinois I like to call "Suburban Hell." There are whole strip malls that have died just ...

Since the power outage unfortunately cut our fungus week short, here's what I would have done if the power hadn't gone out. Yes, I ...

There is no creature more prevalent in mythology than the snake. If a culture is near snakes, they've got stories about them. The snake...

Wait a sec. That's food? It looks like a radioactive hairball, or a pompom that suddenly came to life, or - OK, insert your own her...

I know, I know - another snake entry. You're probably getting sick of these, but this is an entry I've owed you all for almost two ...

Birds are, without a doubt, nature's original artists. Although some of them may be rather morbid, they had colors before we did (and m...

Aww, parrots! Pirate references aside, there are few things that have the charm of a rainbow-colored, bright-eyed hookbill. There is very li...

Raise your hand if you know at least one internet meme, You know, those pics, videos, and crazy phrases that get emulated over and over? Tha...

Google is a wormhole. It is perfectly possible to be looking for one thing and find another thing entirely. I had personally just discovered...

Why, in all of the entries here, have mantids gone unnoticed? There is certainly something bizarre about a bug with 'arms' as its fi...

You know how every frog entry I make keeps bringing up the point about how frogs, of all animals, are the most prone to being endangered? T...

Wolves are overrated. Yes, they are cool animals, and yes, they are the closest relatives to the domestic dog, but they aren't endangere...

Well, Halloween is fast approaching. So too is the freaky Theme Week starting on Halloween. You all have waited very patiently for it, so pr...

Look around at most crablike monsters. There will be a good chance that one claw is larger than the other. As in, possibly bigger than the c...

As you all (hopefully) well know, the authoress of this blog finds planaria to be among the cutest creatures in existence. Some people are f...

Moths are underrated. Sure, everybody loves butterflies, but moths? Moths are the sneaky cousins of butterflies that hang out at night, eat ...