14 Unexpectedly Amazing Creatures We Share The World With

The Earth is a wild and amazing place, full with millions of fascinating species that most of us have never even heard of. Nature never ceases to astound us with all it has to give. Whether it's a stunning sunset, a flower-filled garden, or charming creatures, there's always something fresh that takes our breath away.

A one-of-a-kind pink stingray. When the photographer realized the manta, photographed near Lady Elliot Island, was actually pink, "my jaw dropped," he says. How did this rare pink manta get its color? Spotted recently off the Great Barrier Reef, the little-seen fish's rosy hue is not due to infection or diet, scientists say. Photographer Kristian Laine was freediving recently off the southernmost island of Australia's Great Barrier Reef when a bright pink manta ray glided by. He thought for sure that his camera was malfunctioning.