Keep your distance from these natural-born killers. Armed with venom and other poisonous tools that make hunting easier (and escape impossible), nudibranches, cuttlefish, giant centipedes, and assassin bugs are all dressed to kill.
Examine the lives of creatures with really strange skills. From poison-shooting arachnids to ink-bombing octopuses to bifocal-eyed beetles, these animals use their powers to help them defeat predators and ensure their survival.
Dive into the lives of the ocean’s weirdest animals. Looking into a whitemargin stargazer fish’s eyes can be a shocking experience (literally), while predators hoping to take down a peacock mantis shrimp will be stopped by its vice-like claws.
Evolution has granted some animals a distinct advantage over their opponents. Investigate the perfect body-part mutations that have given wunderpus octopuses, axolotls, royal spoonbills, aye-ayes, and other creatures an edge.
Crawl along with some of the world’s fiercest insects. Watch as giant cockroaches build their immune systems to ensure long life. Then check out the toxic prowess of giant millipedes and the invisibility cloaks of giant prickly stick insects.
Hiding in plain sight helps many insect, fish, and amphibian species survive. Learn the ins and outs of an array of animal invisibility techniques, such as warning and disruptive colouration, mimicry, and active camouflage.
