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Animals

Fleeting Wonders: Playtime With a Baby Albino Whale

Eric Grundhauser November 2, 2015

Why Meat from Scared Animals Tastes Worse

Jess Zimmerman October 30, 2015

Tatoosh Island, one of COASST's volunteer sites

These Retirees Enjoy Long Walks on the Beach in Search of Dead Birds

Kyle Frischkorn October 29, 2015

The dandiest frog of them all

Rayne, Louisiana

Rayne Frog Festival

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

Gerard Rijsbrack's "Deer Hunt," from the late 18th century.

Are Prey Animals Scared All The Time?

Cara Giaimo October 28, 2015

Hypnotizing Moving Maps of Bird Migration Patterns

Tao Tao Holmes October 26, 2015

Crystal Palace Park dinosaur.

How New Yorkers Became Convinced That Dinosaur Bones Were Buried in Central Park

Bess Lovejoy October 20, 2015

A 16th Century Pope Buried His Pet Elephant Under the Vatican

Sarah Laskow October 20, 2015

A tank of disco jellies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

How Jellyfish Exhibits Became Underwater Dance Clubs

Cara Giaimo October 19, 2015

Exit Interview: Being A T. Rex Turned Me Into A Monster

Eric Grundhauser October 16, 2015

What Is the Point of a Pug—And 19 Other Dog Breeds?

Dan Nosowitz October 15, 2015

Permanently Closed

Las Vegas, Nevada

Casa de Shenandoah

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh's Snoopy Doghouse

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

Hawaiian seabirds exult in their power over the economy.

When The Western World Ran on Guano

Cara Giaimo October 14, 2015

Why All the Cool New Dinosaurs Are From Asia And South America

Sarah Laskow October 9, 2015

Froggyland

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

LOST: A Rogue Cow, On the Loose Since June

Sarah Laskow October 8, 2015

William G. Bruce Grave

Mont Vernon, New Hampshire

William G. Bruce's Grave

A man killed in a hunting accident is eternally guarded by a granite hound tombstone.