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Meet the Giant Salmon With a Weaponized Mustache

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Meet the Giant Salmon With a Weaponized Mustache

Spike-toothed salmon grew nearly nine feet long and sported tusk-like teeth.

Roxanne Hoorn
Atlas Obscura
April 24, 2024
Podcast: Oh, the Places You Will Go... to See These Notable Trees

tree week

Podcast: Oh, the Places You Will Go... to See These Notable Trees

Celebrity trees can leave a deep-rooted impression.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
April 24, 2024
The famed Koshihikari rice is sticky and chewy.

rice

White Rice Is Bland? These Japanese Researchers Beg to Differ

Japan's food world is eagerly awaiting an upcoming "flavor dictionary."

Kenji Hall
Atlas Obscura
April 23, 2024
The goal is to repatriate Coral Sorghum to the local Shilluk people once the Sudanese Civil War ends and they regain their land.

rare foods

Turn Your Garden Into an 'Ark of Taste' for Nearly Lost Plants

Slow Food’s annual "Plant a Seed Kit" encourages home-gardeners to cultivate rare and endangered crops.

Sarah Lohman
Atlas Obscura
April 23, 2024
Podcast: Tree Week Love Letters

tree week

Podcast: Tree Week Love Letters

Can trees write back?

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
April 23, 2024
An adult cicada from Brood X.

citizen science

You've Heard of Cicadas, But Have You Heard of the Magicicada?

Cicada scientists share the secrets of this spring's rare double brood emergence. The last time it happened, Thomas Jefferson was president.

John Cooley and Chris Simon
Atlas Obscura
April 22, 2024
The original maple bacon doughnut is derived from a variation of the rectangular "Long John."

ingredients

Meat-Filled Desserts From Around the World

Have you tried any of these literal sweetmeats?

Andrew Coletti
Atlas Obscura
April 22, 2024
Banh-Mi Tacos and The OG Breakfast Corn Dog: Denver’s Affordable Food Scene is Full of Surprises

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Banh-Mi Tacos and The OG Breakfast Corn Dog: Denver’s Affordable Food Scene is Full of Surprises

Eat adventurously at these nine wallet-friendly restaurants.

Sponsored By Visit Denver
Globetrotting Through Denver: A Culinary Guide to International Flavors

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Globetrotting Through Denver: A Culinary Guide to International Flavors

These restaurants, breweries, and food halls bring traditional dishes and clever fusions to the heart of the Mile-High City.

Sponsored By Visit Denver
Podcast: A Tasty Tale about Meyer Lemons

tree week

Podcast: A Tasty Tale about Meyer Lemons

One notably delicious citrus turns out to be a secret killer.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
April 22, 2024
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura

crypts

The Atlas Obscura Crossword: Hidden Crypts

AO Puzzles
Atlas Obscura
April 22, 2024
You're more likely to end up in the ocean than another country.

holes

Dig a Tunnel Through the Center of the Earth to… Where?

If you, hypothetically, ignore the molten lava core.

Frank Jacobs
Atlas Obscura
April 19, 2024
This Color Sergeant butterfly from West Bengal, India has female characteristics on the left side (orange) and male on the right.

wild life excerpts

Gynandromorphs Are Nature's Nonbinary Beauties

From birds to butterflies, there are many examples of animals that combine male and female characteristics.

Miles Griffis
Atlas Obscura
April 19, 2024
A fresco from a mansion, or haveli, depicting the sharing of a drink. In Rajput culture, the munawwar piyala meaning "cup of request" is liquor offered to guests during gatherings, especially marriages.

secret recipes

The Resurrection of Rajasthan’s Royal Liquors

After fading away post-Independence, Heritage Liquors are back and, this time, everyone can sip them.

N.C. Stevens
Atlas Obscura
April 19, 2024
Over the years, dendroglyphs—motifs and images carved into tree bark—have been documented on 22 boab trees in the Tanami Desert of western Australia.

chernobyl

7 Unbelievable Environmental Stories From Every Continent

An around-the-world tour for Earth Day.

April White
Atlas Obscura
April 19, 2024
For years, the triathlon occurred on the lake of a volcano crater, but now takes place on the ocean.

competitions

The World’s Most Remote Triathlon Involves Bird Eggs, a Volcano, and Bananas

Tau’a Rapa Nui continues to fight for its place against shifting tides.

Charis McGowan
Atlas Obscura
April 18, 2024
Podcast: 'How To' Make the Best Show about New York with John Wilson

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Podcast: 'How To' Make the Best Show about New York with John Wilson

In our first extended episode, we sit down with the show's creator and narrator John Wilson.

The Podcast Team
Atlas Obscura
April 18, 2024
A near-complete fossil skeleton of Protemnodon viator from Lake Callabonna, missing just a few bones from the hand, foot, and tail.

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Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.

Olivia Young
Atlas Obscura
April 17, 2024
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