Park staff at Cape Lookout National Seashore posted up images of the organisms to ask if anyone could help identify them.
This bizarre ocean-dwelling fish was found in the depths of the North Pacific by a group of NOAA scientists.
The bright blue crustacean, which was caught off the coast of Portland, is thought to be 1 in 2 million.
An invasive species of giant snail has resulted in restrictions being placed on the area.
A veritable maelstrom of the infamous Scottish pests was recently captured on camera in Kinross.
A gargantuan Burmese python has been lured out and caught in the wilds of the Florida Everglades.
The gargantuan stingray - which was caught in the Mekong river - has set a new world record.
An elephant named 'Happy' has been the subject of a legal battle to have her released back into the wild.
Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
An enormous tree in the Chilean Andes is a contender for the oldest living tree on Earth at 5,400 years old.
This rather unexpected discovery was recently made by scientists who were studying mice behavior in a lab.
A recently published video clip shows a huge gorilla tenderly petting a tiny groundhog at Detroit Zoo.
A picturesque lake perched high atop a mountain in Ontario, Canada has a mystery that has yet to be solved.
The sinkholes in China's Hubei province are so large that it's possible to find whole ecosystems inside them.
The enormous cephalopod was recently discovered washed up along the shoreline in Kommetjie.
The unorthodox primate is believed to be a cross between two other (distantly related) species.
With its four venom-laced fangs made of copper, this is one sea creature you definitely don't want to mess with.
Scientists have been left scratching their heads by this perplexing and disturbing phenomenon.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of the world's largest known crown jellyfish and it looks decidedly alien.
This unusual looking specimen was recently fished up in the Norwegian Sea by fisherman Roman Fedortsov.