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Rescue of a puppy during the Blitz, South London, c 1940. Wartime images and actions like this contrasted strongly with pre-conflict treatment of pets.
animals

England's Forgotten Pet Massacre of 1939

Why were hundreds of thousands of pets put to sleep in London?
Abbey Perreault August 28, 2018
Smoked puffin with blueberry sauce.
Gastro Obscura

Smoked Puffin

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.
A crow feeds on a family's offering of boiled rice, ghee, jaggery, fruits, and vegetables.
Gastro Obscura

Feeding Crows for the Shradh

In this Hindu ritual, families feed crows who represent deceased relatives.
Saezuri (last skewer on the right), photographed by Food historian Ken Albala at an oden in Japan.
Gastro Obscura

Saezuri

In Japan, whale tongue is a disappearing delicacy.
Woods Bay State Park
Olanta, South Carolina

Woods Bay State Park

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.
Listen up!
animals

The Bat-Loving Naturalists Translating the Silent Language of the Night

Listen in as they swat away mosquitoes and brave a dark forest to eavesdrop on echolocation.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 20, 2018
<em>An Ostrich Saving Its Young with the Blood of an Asp</em>, from <em>Miroir de l’Humaine Salvation</em>, France, 15th century.
medieval

The Secret Meanings Behind the Beasts in a Medieval Menagerie

In Middle Age Europe, animals were popular storytellers.
Anika Burgess August 17, 2018
A "batnado" in action.
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'Batnadoes' Can Protect California’s Crops

Bats are farmers' new best friends.
Anne Ewbank August 16, 2018
The Great Auk Sculpture.
Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Great Auk Sculpture at Fogo Island

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.
Sideways' grave at Georgia Tech.
Atlanta, Georgia

The Sideways Grave of Sideways the Dog

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.
A crocodile sunning.
Monroe, Washington

Reptile Zoo

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.
Architectural carving in the caves.
Beer, England

Beer Quarry Caves

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.
Cathedral of St. Demetrius.
Vladimir, Russia

Cathedral of Saint Demetrius

Thousands of biblical and pagan images are carved into this small 12th-century church.
Elephants playing in the mud at Elephant Nature Park.
Tambon Kuet Chang, Thailand

Elephant Nature Park

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.
Giant bird.
New York, New York

Audubon Mural Project

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
Gastro Obscura

Muktuk

In Inuit cultures, using the whole whale is an act of respect, including consuming its blubber and skin.
The deer house.
Bishop Auckland, England

Auckland Castle Deer House

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.
Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field).
Berlin, Germany

Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field)

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.