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Wakulla Springs.

Crawfordville, Florida

Wakulla Springs

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The now exposed horse skeleton is ready for documentation.

Found: An Ancient Horse Skeleton in a Utah Backyard

The 15,000-year-old find dates back to the Late Pleistocene age.

Christina Ayele Djossa May 2, 2018

Can memes get people to care about ocean conservation?

What Ecologists Can Learn From Memes

Some scientists are studying YouTube comments and trying to go viral.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 1, 2018

Bruno.

Munich, Germany

Bruno the Bear

The taxidermy remains of the first brown bear to enter Germany in 170 years.

Osprey.

Marco Island, Florida

Tigertail Beach

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Mark Witton's reconstruction has a short proboscis and medium sized ears.

The Puzzles and Pitfalls of Reconstructing Paraceratherium, the Largest Ever Land Mammal

Piecing together a giant prehistoric rhinoceros is as hard as it looks.

Natasha Frost April 26, 2018

Bass Rock Gannet Colony.

North Berwick, Scotland

Bass Rock

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Turtles head for the finish line.

Longville, Minnesota

Longville Turtle Races

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

Dr. Joy Reidenberg stands next to a sperm whale in 2011.

The Heart-Racing Drama of Dissecting a Beached Whale

While on the job, the anatomist Dr. Joy Reidenberg has been escorted by police and scrutinized by nude sunbathers.

Christina Ayele Djossa April 23, 2018

A 3D reconstruction of the cow skull shows its exterior and interior perspectives.

Around 5,000 Years Ago, People Performed Brain Surgery on This Cow

The question is: Why?

Natasha Frost April 19, 2018

Badgers live in the woodland around the castle.

A 'Very Angry Badger' Wreaked Havoc in a 500-Year-Old Scottish Castle

He's since calmed down and headed home.

Natasha Frost April 18, 2018

Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan

Okishima Island

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Mangalica

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

A budgie fluoresces under ultraviolet light.

Everything We Know About Birds That Glow

Owls, puffins, and lots of other flying friends exhibit fascinating patterns under blacklights.

Cara Giaimo April 11, 2018

Puerto Rico's Parrot Population Is Slowly Recovering

Although the wild birds seem reluctant to breed, dozens of fledglings have successfully hatched in captivity.

Cara Giaimo April 10, 2018

Nic, believed to be a racing or homing pigeon, was found lost and disoriented before being brought to the Wild Bird Fund.

New York City's Pigeons, Like You've Never Seen Them Before

They're ready for their close-up.

Anika Burgess April 10, 2018

A brown bear in the Alutaguse forest.

Palasi, Estonia

Brown Bear Watching Hide

Two well-hidden huts let animal lovers spend the night among the bears, wolves, and other predators of the forest.

Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.