Praying Mantises don't have lungs, but instead breathe through spiracles. These are tiny pores along their body that connect to a network of tracheal tubes! 📸: Vicki Jauron #prayingmantis #insects #wildlife

The Mycenaeans' military might 💪 #Unearthed #history

Tremella fuciformis form gelatinous and watery white bodies that often grow up to 7.5 cm wide. Their structure resembles delicate, seaweed-like fronds with curled or crisped edges. 🤍 📸: Wahid Hasyim Asyari #FungusFriday #Tremellafuciformis

Crafting the paper cups we use everyday 🥤 #HowItsMade #BehindTheScenes #production

Cornu aspersum 🤎 Known as garden snails, they absorb calcium from soil to build their shells and often become prey for small mammals. 📸: Krisztina JB #snail #Hungary

🧡🏓 #DidYouKnow Orange Pore Fungus, scientifically named Favolaschia calocera, looks like a tiny, bright orange fan with pores underneath - earning the name "orange Ping-Pong bat". It's considered invasive, spreading along transport routes. 📸: BHS #FungusFriday

Post-Thanksgiving tiredness isn't our fault! Myth busted! Turkey likely isn't the real culprit behind your post-Thanksgiving nap. While it does contain trypotophan (an animo acid linked to serotonin and melatonin), your sleepiness is more likely due to overeating carbs. 📸:

The French Invasion: the birth of a new king! #Unearthed #France #frenchhistory

Watch to see how a candle is carved 🤤 #HowItsMade #Candlemaking #handcarving

The most elegant fungus 🤍 When porcelain fungus, scientifically known as Oudemansiella mucida, emerges from the underside of trees, its stems bend so the caps sit horizontally, with the gills facing downward. 📸: Steve Stringer #FungusFriday #Porcelainfungus

Happy #FungusFriday✨ The Pezizaceae, also known as the cup fungi, are known for their spore dispersal strategy. Spores form along the inner surface of the "cup", and when it rains, they splash the spores out of the cup. The curved shape also helps catch wind, sending spores

Meet the luna moth 💚 With a wingspan reaching four and a half inches, the luna moth is a breathtaking insect. When threatened, they twirl the tails of their wings in circles, disorienting predators just long enough to get away! 📸: David A. Northcott #insect #lunamoth #moth

Happy #FungusFriday 🍄‍🟫 Mycena inclinata, also known as the clustered bonnet, is a saprobic mushroom that thrives on decaying plant matter. It typically grows in clusters on oak stumps and logs. 📸: R A Kearton #mushroom

Thorn Treehoppers taking over this branch! Female thorn treehoppers, scientifcally named Umbonia crassicornis, remain with their nymphs until they mature. In her absence, survival rates drop significantly from 53% to just 27%. If the mother dies, a nearby female may adopt the

Extreme atmospheric volatility unleashes more than 150 destructive tornadoes across the southern states 🌪️ A new season of #InTheEyeOfTheStorm premieres Sunday at 10P on @Discovery.

Happy Halloween! Care for a piece of English toffee? 😋 #HowItsMade #toffee #chocolatecandy #Halloween #trickortreat

Be careful trick or treating tonight...not every bat stays in their cave 🦇 Not only are bats the only mammals that can fly, but they can reach speeds of 60 miles per hour. They play a crucial role in controlling insect populations, consuming as many as 1,200 mosquitoes in a

In 1987, Theresa Ann Bier disappeared deep into Ghost Canyon. The only witness? A man who swore Bigfoot took her. Watch the FULL PREMIERE of #BigfootTookHer now on YouTube:

Hauntingly beautiful bloom 🖤 Meet the black bat flower, scientifically known as Tacca chantrieri. Despite it's eerie appearance, this flower contains a range of medicinal compounds that have been used to help treat conditions like high blood pressure, gastric ulcers, and

Was this a GATE TO HELL? 🔥 #WhatOnEarth #pluto #myth #halloween