Via National Geographic: ‘We seem indifferent to the mass extinction were causing, yet we lose a part of ourselves when another animal dies out.’

Via National Geographic: ‘A new approach, similar to one previously tested on Ebola, saved monkeys up to three days after infection with Marburg virus.’

Via io9: ‘Sportfishers off the coast of Bonita Springs Florida captured the footage earlier this month. The shark caught on the line is a blacktip shark, the big fella an appropriately named goliath grouper.’

Via WIRED: ‘Something about city life appears to be causing spiders to grow larger than their rural counterparts. And if that’s not enough to give you nightmares, these bigger urban spiders are also multiplying faster.

A new study published today in PLOS One shows that golden orb weaver spiders living near heavily urbanized areas in Sydney, Australia tend to be bigger, better fed, and have more babies than those living in places less touched by human hands.’