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One of the rescued bears in part of the enclosure.
Proaza, Spain

Cercado Osero

A mountain path passes by several sprawling enclosures home to a pair of rescued brown bears.
Many of <em>Eat the Problem</em>'s recipes are monochromatic, such as this dark take on river trout.
animals

The Glamorous Australian Guide to Eating Invasive Species

An edgy new cookbook has recipes for camel, cane toad, and feral cat.
Anne Ewbank May 22, 2019
Yermo, California

Peggy Sue's 50's Diner & Diner-Saur Park

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
An Allen Cay iguana strolling along the beach.
animals

Solved: How the 'Monstrous' Iguanas of the Bahamas Got So Darn Big

The secret's in the seabirds.
Erica Tennenhouse May 20, 2019
The aurochs.
Rakvere, Estonia

Rakvere Aurochs Statue

This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.
Malchik Monument.
Moscow, Russia

'Compassion'

A monument to Malchik, a stray dog who lived in a Moscow metro station until his tragic death.
A mascot-in-training jumps for joy.
animals

Japan's Only Mascot School Teaches the Art of Cuddly Cuteness

Bringing people joy takes a lot of hard work.
Kirsty Bouwers May 16, 2019
This <em>Aplidium stellatum</em> came ashore near Destin, Florida.
beach

The Secret Life of 'Sea Pork,' The Organ-Like Blobs on Your Beach

Contains no actual pork.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 15, 2019
Mountain gorilla at the American Museum of Natural History.
New York, New York

Gorilla Diorama

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
Five of the seven moa footprints uncovered in the riverbank.
animals

Found: 7 Ancient Footprints of a Giant, Flightless Bird

They could be up to 12 million years old.
Sabrina Imbler May 13, 2019
The Komodo dragon diorama.
New York, New York

Komodo Dragon Diorama

Here be dragons.
Detail of the engraved bone.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Frieze of Lions

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.
View of the museum ground floor with mammoth skeleton in the foreground.
Lille, France

Lille Natural History Museum

An astounding collection of taxidermy, fossils, skeletons, and even a few strange live beasts.
Bats outside Cairns library.
Cairns, Australia

Cairns Library Bats

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
A mother Pyrenean Chamois and offspring.
Posada de Valdeón, Spain

Cantabrian Chamois of Asturias

These ungulates have quite literally bounced back from the brink of extinction.
Thanks to its years as a penal colony, Islas Marías has beautifully untouched reef systems.
abandoned

Mexico’s Newest Nature Reserve Will Be a Former Prison

Octavio Aburto and other Mexican ecologists want to preserve the pristine reefs of the Isla Marías penal colony.
Sabrina Imbler May 3, 2019
The stately stone.
Bronx, New York

Bronx Zoo 'Fountain of Youth'

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.
Swinburne Island.
Staten Island, New York

Swinburne Island

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.