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Animals

The Elaborate Case for Where the Best Birds in the World Live

Dan Nosowitz June 25, 2015

FOUND: A Fossil That Shows How Turtles Got Their Shells

Sarah Laskow June 25, 2015

Remembering Tama, The Super Stationmaster Cat

Eric Grundhauser June 25, 2015

Smile! It's the Fish With Human Teeth

Sarah Laskow June 24, 2015

New Study Finds That Kangaroos Are Southpaws

Cara Giaimo June 18, 2015

FOUND: The Teeny Antenna That Lets Worms Sense the Earth's Magnetic Field

Sarah Laskow June 18, 2015

The Chillingham Cows

Chillingham, England

Chillingham Castle

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Shooting Animals: The Surprising Legacy of Camera Traps

Cara Giaimo June 17, 2015

Why Flamingos Succeed at Escaping the Zoo While All Other Animals Fail

Sarah Laskow June 15, 2015

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

Moose Milk and Hobbit Farms: 8 Examples of Outsider Agriculture

Jeremy Berke June 11, 2015

FOUND: Blood Cells in a Dinosaur Bone

Sarah Laskow June 10, 2015

10 Stunning Scenes of Mammal Migrations

Ethan Shaw June 9, 2015

What About the Feathers? Talking Scientific Accuracy and Dinosaur Sex with Paleontologist Jack Horner

Eric Grundhauser June 9, 2015

The Mystery of the Mule Deer

Sarah Laskow June 5, 2015

FOUND: Tiny, Tiny Frogs That Live on 'Sky Islands'

Sarah Laskow June 4, 2015

FOUND: An Ancient Whale Fossil With a Smaller Whale Inside

Sarah Laskow June 3, 2015

Mermaids?

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7 Places to See Real Life Mermaids

For centuries, the idea that mermaids exist has captured the imagination of both sailors and landlubbers.

Eric Grundhauser June 3, 2015