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Ethyl.
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Ethyl the Whale

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
A pair of parakeets in a tree, London.
London, England

London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
<em>Wunderpus photogenicus</em>: No two look alike.
art

Meet the World's Most Playfully Named Creatures

But giving them those crazy names isn't always fun and games.
Winnie Lee June 11, 2019
Tij Bird Observatory
Stellendam, Netherlands

Tij Bird Observatory

Watch the local Netherlands birds from inside this giant eco-egg.
Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes.
Berlin, Germany

Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.
Permanently Closed
New Orleans, Louisiana

Crescent City Cat Club

A calm and comfortable place to hang out with cats and kittens up for adoption.
A Chinese water dragon at Kew Gardens.
London, England

Water Dragons of Kew Gardens

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.
A baby Washington pygmy rabbit at the Oregon Zoo.
nature

After Nearly Going Extinct, Washington’s Pygmy Rabbits Need Room to Grow

Recovering the endangered critters will test society’s willingness to let nature reclaim a landscape.
Carl Segerstrom June 7, 2019
Handpainted porcelain figurines of Belka and Strelka like these are still available for purchase today.
space exploration

How Russia's Space Dogs Inspired a Galaxy of Swag

The cutest little cosmonauts launched a zillion tchotchkes.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 5, 2019
A jaguar.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Zoo Miguel Álvarez del Toro

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.
Cenotaphs in Orchha at sunrise.
Orchha, India

Cenotaphs of Orchha

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.
This zigzag cat ladder allows the feline to make a pit stop on the second floor.
animals

The Swiss City That’s Full of Cat Ladders

A photographer captured Bern's eclectic and charming feline structures.
Kieran Dahl June 3, 2019
The three bulls of Costitx.
Madrid, Spain

Costitx Bulls

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.
Separated and washed coffee grains set to dry.
Gastro Obscura

Jacu Bird Coffee

In the mountains of southeast Brazil, the droppings of invasive yet protected birds are turned into expensive, delicious coffee.
A reintroduced scarlet macaw feeding on a leaf in Palenque.
Palenque, Mexico

Scarlet Macaws of Palenque

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.
The composite skeleton sold for a little more than $621,700.
animals

Sold: A Nearly Complete Skeleton of a Dodo

The remains of the long-extinct, flightless bird from Mauritius are waddling off to a new home.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 28, 2019
Sasha, standing by the alpine stonefly's aquatic habitat.
insects

A Trio of Fluffy Detectives Is on a Quest to Save the Endangered Alpine Stonefly

Australia's best insect trackers are very, very good boys.
Sabrina Imbler May 24, 2019
An evening view of the second tower.
Berlin, Germany

Humboldthain Flak Tower

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.