Nature never ceases to amaze with its wild inventions. Be it a giant of the sea or an outstretched whale that pulls themselves out of the water to catch birds or lizards and deer with flip-out facial ...

NPR's staff traveled a lot in 2025. From a Mardi Gras workshop to a festival celebrating the mythical Mothman, here are some places and events we thought you might want to check out, too.

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Scientists on California’s Central Coast recently spotted a giant, evasive seven-arm octopus while on a research expedition in Monterey Bay. The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by ...

At a shrimp pond in Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, researchers have found a new species of Tripedalia jellyfish. The animal is only about half an inch long, which makes it hard to spot in murky ...

The truth is out there — and late President George H.W. Bush apparently knew it — telling a federal official that an alien made contact with humans at a secretive New Mexico air base in 1964, ...

“We leave all thought of maps behind, remove the compass from our vest, navigate an alien sea,” Patti Smith wrote in her 2025 memoir, “Bread of Angels.” “We separate ourselves and commence a new world ...

From a one-off story to the stars of the next 'Doctor Who' spinoff, the Sea Devils are a creature that's always struggled with the spotlight. Reading time 5 minutes Doctor Who has plenty of iconic ...

There's this funny fad in Hollywood of turning iconic villains into sympathetic — or even heroic — figures. "Wicked" turned the evil Wicked Witch of the West of "The Wizard of Oz" into a misunderstood ...

Sea urchins have a body that is entirely made up of "head"—with a surprisingly complex central nervous system that functions, in essence, like an "all-body brain." This is the conclusion of an ...

An image shared in October 2025 depicted a real "little sea monster" that appears to have "teeth like a human." Rating: True (About this rating?) Context: Although the squid may appear at first glance ...