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Part of the breeding herds from the Auerrind Project.
animals

The Once-Extinct Aurochs May Soon Roam Europe Again

After a decade, scientists are getting close to bringing back the massive wild cattle.
Diana Hubbell January 26, 2022
farms

Podcast: Musk Ox Farm

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team January 25, 2022
Residents across southwestern British Columbia and Vancouver Island are going to great lengths to keep Anna's hummingbirds safe during an unusual cold spell.
animals

Saving Canada's Hardiest Hummingbirds Requires Extreme Care

Bird-loving volunteers are going to great lengths to help the animals survive a cold snap in British Columbia.
Rochelle Baker January 17, 2022
A view of the enormous centerpiece of African animals
Ritzville, Washington

Lasting Legacy Wildlife Museum

A diorama lover's dream world.
California newts (pictured) and rough-skinned newts face danger when they travel from their wooded habitat in the Santa Cruz Mountains to Lexington Reservoir, where they breed.
science

Can Citizen Scientists Prevent Another Pacific Newt Massacre?

Cars are annihilating the tiny amphibians.
Shoshi Parks January 11, 2022
A cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle found on a wintry Cape Cod beach will be warmed and relocated to more hospitable waters.
animals

The Annual Airlift Saving Sea Turtles Stranded in New England

A massive human-assisted migration lands the imperiled animals back in warmer seas.
Lauren Owens Lambert January 10, 2022
WNB Financial Winona MN African Safari Exhibit
Winona, Minnesota

WNB Financial African Safari Exhibit

Hunting trophies and antique guns make up the unusual display at this Minnesota bank building.
taxidermy

Podcast: Hachiko

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team December 28, 2021
Guinea pig is making its way onto restaurant menus in larger Andean cities and beyond.
animals

When Guinea Pig Goes Gourmet

In Peru, it has gone from a humble and ceremonial food to a delicacy among urbanites.
Gideon Lasco December 27, 2021
Researchers found that transporting rhinos upside-down was easier on the animal than moving it on its side.
animals

Flying Rhinos and Divine Tigers: Atlas Obscura’s Year of Awe-Inspiring Critters

Looking back on 2021's stories about amazing animals and the people helping to protect them.
Gemma Tarlach December 23, 2021
Mountfitchet Castle walls and siege tower
Stansted, England

Mountfitchet Castle

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Topi
South Sudan

Topi of Boma National Park

Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.
'Towser'
Crieff, Scotland

'Towser'

A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery
'Sami'
Belgrade, Serbia

'Sami'

One of Belgrade's most beloved animals.
Koala Conservation Reserve
Rhyll, Australia

Phillip Island Koala Conservation Reserve

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.
San Diego, California

Memorial to the White Deer of Mission Hills

A secluded hilltop monument marks the final resting place of Lucy, Presidio Park's beloved white deer.
pet cemeteries

Podcast: The Past Beneath Our Feet with the Places Team

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team December 8, 2021
The quaking aspen known as Pando is one of the planet's largest and oldest living organisms.
forests

Pando, the World’s Largest Organism, Is Being Eaten by Deer

Utah's 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones has survived for millennia, but faces threats large and small.
Richard Elton Walton December 6, 2021