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There are only about 100 panthers left in the state of Florida.

plants

Floridians Are Eating Their State Tree to Help Their State Animal

Swamp cabbage is native, but a nuisance.

Kristen A Schmitt
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2020
Al Nayyar and 22-year-old Dalal Mitwally (left) have collaborated on murals that address female empowerment and gender-based violence.

graffiti

For These Young Street Artists, Amman Is a Beige Canvas

Color, community, and empowerment are enlivening Jordan's capital.

Jason Ruffin
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2020
The cryptic chameleon, Calumma crypticum, has a past full of mystery.

lizards

A Fossilized Skull May Solve the Mystery of a Chameleon Migration

A raft very likely carried chameleons between Madagascar and mainland Africa—but in which direction?

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2020
Lipreading might be more art than science.

burning questions

What Is the Hardest Language in the World to Lipread?

There's a whole lot we don't know about vision and speech perception.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
February 18, 2020
Behold: Great Britain's red grouse.

biodiversity

See 500 Years of Artful Nature Illustrations

Over 57 million pages of wildlife are catalogued.

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2020
Bananas are still a staple of Vanuatu residents' diets. These are for sale at a busy market in Port Vila.

bananas

How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey

3,000-year-old microparticles prove the fruit traveled across the ocean with early Pacific Islanders.

Reina Gattuso
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2020
Political leaders in tile form, created by Yossi Lugasi.

mosaics

The Man Who Turned His Home Into a ‘Mosaic Palace’

Yossi Lugasi spent decades making portraits of famous people out of smashed ceramics.

Gitit Ginat
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2020
Ruby Foster and Brian Engh with the humerus in June, before it was excavated.

paleontology

This 6-Foot Brachiosaurus Fossil Hitched a Ride With Two Clydesdale Horses

Their names are Molly and Darla.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
February 17, 2020
It's got a bookish secret.

manuscripts

How a Trashed Italian Manuscript Got Sewn Into a Sweet Silk Purse

Book waste can be beautiful.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2020
Before the Civil War, the Middletown area was home to a network of abolitionist Quakers. This image shows modern-day Middletown, with the Great Miami River in the background.

abolitionists

The Legend of a Cave and the Traces of the Underground Railroad in Ohio

In 1892, a newspaper described a cave that sheltered 21 formerly enslaved people. Ohioans are still looking for it.

Kevin Williams
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2020
So you want to tag a great white, do you?

satellite

The Carolinas' Mysterious Great White Shark Cluster Is Not Mysterious, Not a Cluster

They're just doing what sharks do.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
February 14, 2020
A small snail's new diet has some big implications.

snails

What Tiny Snail Poop Could Mean For Latin America's Coffee Farms

“I just followed a trail of excrement.”

Luke Fater
Atlas Obscura
February 13, 2020
Love fades.

extinct animals

How a Minnesota Town Fell In and Out of Love With Its Ginormous Geese

Like most human-fowl relationships, it's complicated.

Molly Monk
Atlas Obscura
February 13, 2020
Matuta victor, an invasive Red Sea crab.

migrations

Why the Suez Canal Is a Superhighway for Invasive Species

And the newcomers show no signs of slowing down.

Isaac Schultz
Atlas Obscura
February 13, 2020
A peregrine falcon who just had lunch.

pigeons

Peregrine Falcons Came Home to Roost in a Boeing 737 Plant

After pausing production of the 737 MAX, Boeing will get help evicting its resident birds of prey.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
February 13, 2020
A participant in the Šediváčkův Long has its game face on.

races

An Inside Look at Czechia's Grueling Mountain Dogsled Race

Started in 1997, Šediváčkův Long is one of Europe's toughest winter events.

Winnie Lee
Atlas Obscura
February 12, 2020
You can't easily spot the poop in the soupy green water, but it's definitely down there.

poop

Pablo Escobar’s Hippo Herd Is Treating Colombia's Lakes Like One Big Toilet

They're thriving, pooping, and fouling up the water around the drug lord's former estate.

Jessica Leigh Hester
Atlas Obscura
February 12, 2020
Welcome to a thoroughly 21st-century ark.

reefs

The Coral Ark That Hopes to Save Florida’s Ailing Reefs

As a mysterious disease sweeps across the region, dry land might be the last best hope for survival.

Sabrina Imbler
Atlas Obscura
February 12, 2020
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