Biologist bawls eyes out in emotional video upon finding the world’s rarest flower — after searching for 13 years

Biologist bawls eyes out in emotional video upon finding the world’s rarest flower — after searching for 13 years

May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists. A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of an over-decade-long plant pilgrimage. The movement moment was captured in an Instagram video blossoming online. “Moments like this are electric,” Dr. Chris Thorogood, an Associate … Read more

Biologist warns of paralyzing power of this wasp sting: ‘Spider purgatory’

Biologist warns of paralyzing power of this wasp sting: ‘Spider purgatory’

Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims for months on end. “It’s like something out of a science fiction movie!” Andrew Wesley Legan, 30, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona … Read more