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Here's how the region's avian residents will survive the cold snap.

The "Iron Chef of medieval times" could have serious consequences.

There's only one Sigma Derby machine left.

Londoners once loved an ale whose key ingredient was a rooster.

The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx gives us a startlingly clear view of space rock that probably won't hit us.

The striking mutation is a bit of a mystery.

Celebrating the diversity of tomatoes, corn, and other crops.

The collection comes from a time when the author was just becoming a household name.

Atlas Obscura readers weigh in on which places look best covered in snow.

Barbary macaques remain in Gibraltar thanks to a quirk of empire.

In the early 20th century, meteorologists squared off with "weather sharps."

They offer conflicting clues as to whether or not it could fly.

A rotting 110-year-old black cottonwood gets a second life.

International squabbles have stopped a once-mighty chicken foot trade.

Microbes that thrive under the harshest conditions are making themselves right at home—in our homes.

The Library of Congress has digitized the works of Omar ibn Said in both Arabic and English.

Contrary to what popular opinion might assume.

Atlas Obscura readers wrote in about the classic tales that taught them one thing—unease.