A monster white sturgeon weighing an estimated 1,100 pounds and measuring 12 feet, 4 inches was caught and released on the Fraser River, a British…
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Largest Flower Looks Like a Penis and Smells Like Death
The plant with the fantastic name of Amorphophallus titanum (sound it out and try not to giggle) has a rather large flower. Technically this plant, also…
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Welcome friends! I have an almost unhealthy obsession with the science of body size. Here at Story of Size you find reliable information and current…
MoreReally Big Catfish
A chef and keen angler from Essex has caught what is thought to be the largest freshwater fish – weighing more than 10 stone –…
MoreWhy are whale sharks so small?
Whale sharks won’t be the only big ass vertebrate in the waters off Mexico come August! I’ll be joining Para_Sight and team for the Afuera, the…
MoreCoconut Crabs, the largest arthropod on land
The Coconut Crab, Birgus latro, is the world’s largest terrestrial arthropod, obtaining weights of up to 9 pounds. Although called the Coconut Crab, coconuts represent only…
MoreSuper Jellyfish?
Originally posted at Deep-Sea News The above photo is making the rounds (see here and follow the link trail). In it the a scuba diver…
MoreHow Evolution Makes Us Well Adapted At Catching Really Big Catfish…With Our Hands
Lincoln Sadler eyes one of his favorite fishing spots, Great Rock, from a distance, but times his approach around an oncoming boat so as not…
MoreWorld’s Smallest Fly
As discussed so elegantly by Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science Brian Brown from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has just discovered…
MoreMonster Tasmanian King Crab
But Claude the Tasmanian giant crab was saved from death when the fisherman who caught him sold him to a British aquarium for £3,000.Now, after…
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