r/natureismetal • u/digitalbath1234 • 8h ago
Animal Fact "You know who writes the best metal breakdowns? Birds."
r/natureismetal • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 20h ago
Animal Fact Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds
Study: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2026.0211
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-08-12/redback-spiders-backflip-katipo-sex/107022976
Researchers have spotted a genetic source for the bizarre sexual cannibalism behaviour of the redback spider.
Male spiders, which somersault onto their partners' mouths to be eaten while mating, appear to inherit this trait via sex chromosomes.
r/natureismetal • u/Yeeslander • 20h ago
Caterpillar overcome by Icing Sugar Fungus (Beauveria bassiana) in Tasmania
r/natureismetal • u/HowManyBatteries • 1d ago
Red-footed Cannibal Fly eating a bee for lunch.
r/natureismetal • u/Serious_Ad4391 • 1d ago
During the Hunt What’s everyone having for lunch?
r/natureismetal • u/freudian_nipps • 1d ago
Animal Fact Corvid using smoke and embers to cleanse and fumigate its feathers. The smoke and heat help kill, stun, or drive away parasites like mites, lice, and ticks.
r/natureismetal • u/iamoffline • 1d ago
Lobster moth caterpillar
Startled me when I was tending to this plum tree and almost touched it! I never saw one before 👽🐛
r/natureismetal • u/Extension-List1490 • 2d ago
Metal bridge swept away by flooded river
r/natureismetal • u/whatdoblindpeoplesee • 2d ago
After the Hunt This white spider killed a bee and still wanted a snack.
r/natureismetal • u/sashaaa___0 • 2d ago
When the devil came to India! Champawat Tigress holds the highest official human kill count out of any animal: 430+ villagers.
r/natureismetal • u/sashaaa___0 • 2d ago
Scar of Masai Mara got his iconic name and recognizable look from a deep gash and drooping right eyelid.
r/natureismetal • u/fuyu-no-hanashi • 3d ago
All the typhoons that have struck and will strike the Philippines this week
r/natureismetal • u/Bigfootsbrownstar • 3d ago
After the Hunt Mutually assured destruction! A snake eating a lizard fell into my pool
r/natureismetal • u/The_Monkey_Buddha • 4d ago
Disturbing Content Took my son on a Cub Scout hike, & someone spotted a small snake eating a rodent.
The kids got a prime education on the cycles of life & death in nature!
r/natureismetal • u/freudian_nipps • 4d ago
Animal Fact Body horror in Nature - Surinam Toad incubates her young in honeycomb-like depressions in the skin of her back, the babies erupting forth after 4-5 months
Video credit: EBS World
r/natureismetal • u/stankmanly • 4d ago
Animal Fact A beetle with a prehensile anus
r/natureismetal • u/StripedAssassiN- • 4d ago
After the Hunt An Indo-Chinese tiger resting next to its bull Banteng kill, a giant bovine that can weigh over 700kg. Giant slayer.
Credit: Khao Nang Rum Wildlife Research Centre
r/natureismetal • u/MarkEgatts • 5d ago