On a tenting journey in Queensland, Australia, insect researcher James Tweed snapped a shot of what would be the world’s fluffiest beetle (Excastra albopilosa). Its hairs are particularly thick across the prime half of its pink and black physique, and will have advanced to imitate a fungal an infection, making it seem unpalatable to predators.
Deep within the tropical rainforest of Indonesia, researchers noticed this majestic male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Rakus smearing a chewed-up plant that’s generally…