It’s a general rule that everything is better in slow motion, but at 4,700 frames a second, wasps just go from “creepy” to “still creepy.” More »
Imagine walking into a room and stumbling straight into a wasp nest that’s nearly 22 feet big. That’s what happened in the Canary Islands. Neighbors had been growing concerned over a vacant home so they notified the police. When the police entered the home, they discovered the home wasn’t empty at all. Rather, it was home to millions of wasps and the most alien looking nest ever. More »
100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still around, this spider had captured a wasp in his web. The wasp was going to be the spider’s dinner. The wasp was going to die watching the spider kill him. The wasp was going to—SPLAT. At that exact moment—one hundred million freaking years ago—tree resin flowed over on top of them and froze the two bugs in time for us to see now. More »