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The museum paleontological site.
Texcoco, Mexico

Museo Paleontológico Tocuila (Paleontological Museum of Tocuila)

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.
Cabanas, Spain

Fragas do Eume

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.
Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm.
Kailua, Hawaii

Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.
This viper's "horns" are actually scales.
snakes

The Horned Viper That Buries Itself Up to Its Eyeballs

Meet the most metal of the North African snakes.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 25, 2019
Replica of the horse panel of the Chauvet Cave.
Asturias, Spain

Teverga Prehistoric Park

See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.
What a cool jacket.
animals

Emperor Penguins Always Wear Warm Coats

They need 'em in order to weather the coldest desert on Earth.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 24, 2019
Quartzsite's camel sculpture.
Quartzsite, Arizona

The Red Ghost of Quartzsite

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
A Eubrontes and two smaller Grallator tracks with foot for size comparison.
Middlefield, Connecticut

Powder Hill Dinosaur Park

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
Hello to you, worm lizard.
deserts

The Goofy Worm Lizard That Beats the Heat by Never Coming to the Surface

It has claws like a mole, eyes that look like poppy seeds, and a great strategy for evading predators and filling up on prey.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 22, 2019
Ostriches on a farm in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
crime

The Strange Tale of the Great 1911 Trans-Saharan Ostrich Heist

Big hats, big risks, big payoffs.
Vincent Gabrielle April 22, 2019
A mother brown bear and her cubs in the Cantabrian mountains.
Cangas del Narcea, Spain

Cantabrian Bears of Asturias

Head to the mountains to catch a glimpse of Spain's endangered subspecies of brown bear.
Earth is more alien than we often give it credit for.
animals

26 Real Animals That Shouldn't Exist, But Do Anyway

Atlas Obscura readers nominated their favorite unlikely creatures, from pangolin to axolotl.
Eric Grundhauser April 19, 2019
Spruce Hill Bird Sanctuary.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spruce Hill Bird Sanctuary

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.
The six-story treehouse.
Ithaca, New York

Cayuga Nature Center

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.
New Delhi, India

Yamuna Ghat

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.
A golden eagle in flight.
poison

The First Golden Eagle Tagged in Yellowstone Was Poisoned by Lead Shot

Hopefully it wasn't all in vain.
Evan Nicole Brown April 16, 2019
Who's a good boy or girl?
pet cemeteries

Researchers Have Recreated the Face of an Ancient Dog

The canine remains were buried in a tomb in Orkney, Scotland, over 4,000 years ago.
Sabrina Imbler April 16, 2019
Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, France

Parc des Félins

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.