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A griffin vulture soars over the Meanders

Družiniće, Serbia

Uvac River Meanders

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.

Claire McLean posing with her museum's collection, at their first location in Maryland.

What's Going To Happen to the Presidential Pet Museum?

Some of our country's most adorable historical artifacts are languishing in storage.

Cara Giaimo November 9, 2016

Ponte Nossa, Italy

Crocodile at the Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime Immacolate

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

A truly scaredy cat.

The Animal Kingdom's Oddest Ways of Handling Anxiety

From fainting goats to stackable toads, we all handle fear differently.

Cara Giaimo November 2, 2016

Apatosaurus trackway

La Junta, Colorado

Picketwire Canyon Trackway

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This guy needs a nap.

Exhausted Geese Are Falling Out of The Sky in Canada

They need a break.

Eric Grundhauser October 28, 2016

Hardeeville, South Carolina

Thelma and Louise

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Abraham Russell's schoolboy navigation notebook, illustrated with a woggin.

What’s A Woggin? A Bird, a Word, and a Linguistic Mystery

Whalers wrote about woggins all the time. What in the world were they?

Cara Giaimo October 26, 2016

We did not know what to make of this, at all.

What in the World Are These Bats Doing?

NSFW, if you are a bat.

Sarah Laskow October 24, 2016

Giant bull statue in downtown Bulls

Bulls, New Zealand

The Town of Bulls

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

A pilot whale.

The ‘Silent Poison’ That Might Stop This Massive Annual Whale Slaughter

It's been a tradition in the Faroe Islands for over a millennium.

Erik Shilling October 19, 2016

Gene Fleming and Andy, the famous Footless Goose with Shoes.

The Goose Who Wore Nikes, and the Mystery of Who Murdered Him

The Nebraska celebrity bird delighted all—until he was brutally killed.

Cara Giaimo October 19, 2016

Watch These Men Perform Acrobatic Flips over Bulls

A true leap of faith.

Mariana Zapata October 13, 2016

31 days of halloween

Watch Soviet Scientists Bring a Dog's Decapitated Head Back to Life

What was supposed to be the stuff of medical miracles ended up being a horror show.

Molly McBride Jacobson October 12, 2016

Never Fear, Pet Owners: There's Now An Oxygen Mask For Your Cat

Or your dog, bunny, guinea pig, bird, or even turtle.

Sarah Laskow October 11, 2016

Dogs on a hike.

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Territorio de Zaguates (Land of Strays)

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

Bat Poop Has Turned These African Cave Crocodiles Orange

It's not a bad look.

Eric Grundhauser October 6, 2016

Look out!

A Highway in Austria Was Terrorized by Drunk Birds

The starlings got wasted off fermented berries, and then hit the streets.

Cara Giaimo October 6, 2016