This month’s pin was designed by Thomas Marnin! Thomas Marnin is one half of MarninSaylor, a Seattle based toy brand known for their characters, the Pastry Pets. Thomas is a lifelong lover of the natural world. Check out more from Marnin Saylor here: marninsaylor.com

If you guessed Brahminy Blind Snake, you're right! For these so called "flowerpot snakes" living in tropical soil has become the ultimate accidental passport. There are now Brahminy Blind Snakes in the tropical and subtropical biomes of every continent, except for Antarctica. youtu.be/uHd7zuWZHxk

You’re going to have to get in really close to identify our next beast. On first glance, you may think it’s just a worm. That totally makes sense given its tiny size, blindness, and tendency to dig around in the soil. But it's not a worm at all...who is that girl?

The Galápagos Conservancy was a huge help on our Galápagos Island Tortoises Endlings episode. Their team has re-wilded more than 10,000 tortoises since 1965. learn more about them here: www.galapagos.org and watch the Galápagos Island Tortoises episode here: youtu.be/UIlCNJTvSsc

A new Endlings episode JUST DROPPED! The many species of Galápagos Island Tortoises are the islands' most dominant herbivores. So how did one tortoise become affectionately known as Lonesome George, the Endling? 📺: youtu.be/UIlCNJTvSsc

Turns out, the first season of Endlings on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social wasn’t our last! Season 2 starts now, with the story of the two wolves of Japan #scicomm

Two wolves once prowled the mountains and forests of Japan. They were revered as deities, and respected as protectors of travelers and fields, until forces from outside the islands changed everything... 📺: youtu.be/UUKGQKkUKeE

If you want to work with the Bizarre Beasts team, here's a chance! Our department is hiring an Associate Producer to help us and some other cool channels. Check out the link if you're interested!

Happy 200th Birthday @zslofficial.bsky.social! 🥳 The ZSL has helped us out on Bizarre Beasts many times and we're just so glad they exist. Check out their 200th celebration at zsl.org/200.

Kory Bing is an illustrator based in Oregon City, Oregon with a focus on strange creatures, extinct animals, and other oddities of our natural world. She grew up in the rural Ozark Mountains of Missouri and spent most of her childhood in the woods poking things with sticks and picking up snakes.

Have you discovered the fabulous Bizarre Beasts show? Many episodes trace the scientific discovery and early descriptions of #BizarreBeasts through the literature. Look out for references to the Biodiversity Heritage Library! (Thanks @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social for crediting BHL!)

Thank you! This is beautiful! We love Endlings and are happy to have supported it! @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social

Braconid wasps are pretty weird! Here's an animation of a wasp injecting a host with its virus!

Special thanks to the folks at Ant Lab for letting us use this footage of wasps emerging from a caterpillar in our episode! youtube.com/shorts/VO-Mi...

Our braconid wasp pin artist is Sage Friss! Sage is a Missoula based artist who grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Montana. He's deeply connected to the world around him and inspired by nature.

It's World Wildlife Day! Check out the United Nations' Virtual Celebration and learn about conservation science www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcmv...

If you guessed braconid wasps, you're right! Braconid wasps are parasitoids, which is a type of parasitism with a slightly different outcome. The host of a parasitoid, becomes a dual-purpose incubator and food source for its offspring. youtu.be/LmQNrI4aIzo

The survival of this family of insects is so intertwined with a virus that they partly share a genome. This extreme level of teamwork lets these beasts live their best parasitoid lives. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?

Hank loves the Mola Mola! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Complexly is excited to share that we are now a 501c3 nonprofit, built on the idea that good information is worth it. New structure. Same mission. Bigger impact. Find out how you can support free, independent, trustworthy education at Complexly.org

It's that time of year again! Wood you be our Valentine?

A human-caused extinction we can all be stoked about! Curious about a potential Guinea worm endling? We made a whole series about lasts-of-their-kind over on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social

If you guessed Rajah Brooke's Birdwings, or ultra-black animals for the feature, you're right! Ultra-black generally means a shade of black that reflects 0.5% of light or less, and these bizarre beasts have areas of their body that do just that! youtu.be/aG06yKwabac?...

Our next bizarre beast is really more of a collection of beasts that all have this one dark thing in common. Some may not surprise you, like deep sea fish, but we've seen it with butterflies and birds as well! Can you guess this beast, or it's bizarre feature?

A narwhal’s tusk is actually an elongated tooth growing counter-clockwise from its head! Check out www.narwhal.org to learn more cool facts like that about the unicorns of the sea.

All of the Endlings mini-series episodes are out now! You can learn all about these bizarre beasts that are truly one of a kind. You can watch all of the episodes at youtube.com/bizarrebeasts. PS - You can still snag an Endlings bandana at bizarrebeastsshow.com!

Whether you call them one-toothed, the one who points at the sky, or corpse whales-- one thing is for certain, this unicorn of the sea is bizarre. youtu.be/bTql5Pv0gf0?...

The final episode of our Endlings miniseries is out now! Learn how Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insects (say that five times fast) came back from the dead. youtu.be/PAzVFQ1-THc?...

Is extinction really always a bad thing? In the latest episode of our Endlings miniseries, we discuss a case where extinction might be for the greater good... youtu.be/46xA35awnL8?...

For a limited time, you can get this Bizarre Beasts shirt! Our very own fashion icon, Sarah, hand-made the design featured on the front! ⁠ ⁠ Grab yours at complexly.store before Dec. 8th if you want to be the weirdest animal at your family's holiday festivities!

Our next Bizarre Beast is the Christmas Island Red Crab! Learn all about their weird mating rituals and how they took over Christmas Island in our latest episode. youtu.be/5YsJ7q7a7fA

The next endling in our mini-series is the Thylacine! Thylacines (aka Tasmanian Tigers or Tasmanian Wolves) have been extinct since 1936. Many factors contributed to their extinction, but our own zoological fascination was part of the problem. Learn more in our latest episode. youtu.be/YeMXE8XEmSU

If you guessed Mexican Tetra, you're right! This little tropical fish makes a great pet, but it also lives in cave systems in at least 29 different caves. In addition to the standard, this beast also comes in various versions of "cave flavor." youtu.be/PXW7xcESz-s

Sometimes we can spot when a new species diverges from a nearby population. Certain adaptations can even give us a clue about what’s to come. Our next bizarre beast gives us a chance to see what happens when a single beast makes an evolutionary change. Can you guess what the next bizarre beast is?

#TBT with @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social as they discuss some of the "blobby"-est creatures, including some witnessed by OET during our exploration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9j...

Next up on our Endlings mini-series: silphium! ⁠ ⁠ This is the first recorded extinction in history, and of a species so culturally relevant that it was printed on money. youtu.be/cNNEOEV5oyc?...

Next up for Endlings on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social: a plant?

✨ did the sound design for this great video about these exotic birds ✨

Our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, Endlings, is live! 🧪 #scicomm

The first episode of our Endlings miniseries is out now! This has been such a huge project for us, and we couldn't have done it without our amazing audience. Check it out!! youtu.be/JbTAVnyHB88?...

Meet our pin artist: Daniel Mrgan! My name is Daniel Mrgan, I’m 47, and I’ve been attempting art since early childhood. I was lucky enough to translate this interest into a graphic design job which is my present profession.

Our next bizarre beast is the world’s most bizarre hitchhiker and one tiny weirdo. So tiny you might miss it, but there’s probably one of well over 3000 species nearby right now! Introducing: pseudoscorpions; youtu.be/sKA-l5UN4iM?...

@hankgreen.bsky.social makes the call on which beast is the greenest in the latest blind rank: youtu.be/YKXi2pTVyqk?...

Australia has a sizable share of the World’s Deadliest Snakes. This month, we're talking about a few of them with venom deadly enough to keep you from discovering their true nature: downright cuddly little critters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fet...

The Kickstarter is now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who supported Endlings. Here's your official Endlings line-up premiering later this fall. We're so looking forward to sharing these stories with all of you!

We’ve got 27 hours left on the Kickstarter campaign for Endlings, our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, and we absolutely smashed our goal 🤯🥳🤩 I’m thrilled and so grateful that this many people are this enthusiastic about the stories we want to tell #scicomm

The Endlings Kickstarter ends in 24 hours! We are SO CLOSE to making this show without sponsorships ($90K). If you want to join in the fun, pledge now at complexly.info/fundendlings1

Behind the scenes of our super sneaky new thing that just dropped! youtu.be/sb9jO93JNRQ?...

Sarah is painting some pigeons today LIVE!! We will see you there 😎 www.youtube.com/live/zYG4Qw1...

If you guessed hornbills, you're right! Hornbills are kind of like the African or Asian version of toucans. And as for their weird animal bestie...you're likely to find them pal-ing around with a mongoose! Watch the latest episode to learn more about hornbills. youtu.be/mAbJUS7096w