Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Deep in the earth’s oceans, where sunlight cannot reach, lurks a horrifying predator. Sporting a long snout and extendable jaw filled with jagged teeth, the goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is one of the strangest deep-sea beasts in the ocean. Researchers know little about these startling sharks. But their strange appearance has [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Sea turtles have existed on Earth for millions of years, but various human activities have caused sea turtles to become endangered. All sea turtle species are at risk of extinction due to bycatch, pollution, climate change, habitat loss, and illegal capture and trade. Sea turtles occur worldwide. Most species are highly [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Nomura’s jellyfish are some of the biggest jellyfish in the world, with some weighing up to 441 lbs (200 kg). They live around the waters of Japan where they appear in large groups called “smacks.” Although these jellyfish are fascinating, they are causing some real problems. Increased nutrients and warming ocean [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Seagulls are intelligent, beautiful, and piratical birds. Some are completely at home in a marine environment but they often migrate in winter and travel inland in severe weather. As of now, there are 50 species of seagulls worldwide. Seagulls and terns belong to the bird family Laridae. They can be difficult [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Have you ever heard of a jellyfish that looks like a fried egg? No, it’s not a new culinary creation – it’s an actual creature! And it’s just as wobbly and jiggly as you’d expect. Fried egg jellyfish use the stingers in their tentacles to capture prey. Yet, some fish and [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways When you think of frogs and toads, you don’t typically imagine them as dangerous. They’re squat and clumsy, and their demeanor is anything but threatening. But don’t let those sweet frog faces fool you because over 220 species of frogs are incredibly poisonous. For example, the Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) [...]
Aside from your usual cute and cuddly puppies, kittens, and other adorable house pets, there are so many other cute animals out there in the wild! Although we can all have different definitions of what cute is, we’ve compiled this list of creatures that will hopefully make you say aww! You might be very familiar [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Jellyfish are some of the oldest animals in the world; they’ve been around for at least 500 million years. There are about 2,000 known species of jellyfish worldwide. Yet, scientists believe there are likely over 300,000 species. We just haven’t discovered most of them yet. The crystal jellyfish (Aequorea victoria), is [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways Barbary macaques are unique primates found north of the Sahara Desert in Morocco. An isolated population can also be found in Gibraltar. These primates live in mid to high-altitude environments in extremely hot and cold temperatures. Many primates are sensitive to such conditions. However, this adaptable North African primate has a [...]
Outforia Quicktake: Key Takeaways The black snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) is an endangered primate restricted to the forested mountains of the Yunnan Province and border of southwest China. They’re also referred to as Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys. Unlike any other monkeys, this species survives in extreme high-altitude environments. French mammalogist Alphonse Milne-Edwards studied primates in the [...]
Outforia Summary: Key Takeaways Coyotes didn’t always live on the East Coast of the United States. For the past 10,000 years, their range stretched from California to the Mississippi River. But around the beginning of the 20th century, they started to expand their territory. In the 1920’s, they were introduced to Alaska. By 1990, they [...]
Outforia Summary: Key Takeaways There are over 50 species of lizards living in Florida. Of those 50, only 15 are endemic to Florida. The rest are invasive, most likely introduced through the booming exotic pet trade. And if you’ve ever been to Florida, you’ll know that lizards are everywhere. Really, they’re everywhere! I recall taking [...]
