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Papier-mâché and bone created a frightening early vision of gorilla anatomy.
animals

The Incredible Story of the World's First Papier-Mâché Gorilla

Dr. Louis Auzoux's greatest creation was made of bone and scrap paper.
Eric Grundhauser January 18, 2018
Meet the newly identified Waorani dog-faced bat.
animals

Found: Two New Species of Dog-Faced Bats

No, they won't make good pets.
Vittoria Traverso January 18, 2018
A yellow-bellied marmot sits alone on a rock.
animals

A Life of Solitude Makes Yellow-Bellied Marmots Live Longer

Party animals pay the price.
Natasha Frost January 18, 2018
A papyrus depiction of geese-feeding from Dynasty V.
animals

We've Been Debating Foie Gras Since Ancient Times

Early Egyptians and Greeks force-fed geese, ducks, and hyenas.
Andrew Coletti January 18, 2018
Two Ankylosaurus come to blows.
dinosaurs

Why More Animals Don't Use Their Tails as Weapons

By wielding their built-in defenses, some prehistoric creatures thwacked enemies hard enough to crack bone.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 18, 2018
British sailors with a mascot from the surrendered German fleet, November 1918.
sailors

The Little-Known History of Seafaring Pets

From war to exploration to pleasure cruising, pets have often accompanied us on the oceans.
Vittoria Traverso January 17, 2018
This is the elusive Barasingha male deer. This is a young adult with a impressive horn structure.
Balaghat, India

Barasingha of Kanha National Park

This reserve is the only place in the world where you can see the Barasingha swamp deer in the wild.
Sandown, England

National Poo Museum

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.
Some chameleons fluoresce under ultraviolet light.
animals

Found: Fluorescent Patterns on Chameleons' Heads

A rare example of biofluorescence that isn't in the ocean.
Vittoria Traverso January 17, 2018
People using donkeys to carry loads in Lamu town.
Lamu, Kenya

Donkeys of Lamu Island

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.
Sinbad's Coast Guard portrait
Barnegat Light, New Jersey

Grave of Sinbad the Dog

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.
Don Dyer of the Alaska Moose Federation stares down a moose cow trying to protect the body of her dead calf in 2016.
nature

How Alaska’s Roadkill Gets a Second Life as Dinner

A unique system turns moose killed in collisions into meals.
Mark Hay January 16, 2018
<em>Caihong juji</em> was a study in contrasts.
dinosaurs

How We Know That This Dinosaur Had Bright, Audacious Plumage

Microscopic structures hint at an iridescent past.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 15, 2018
Mountain lion.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Mystic Falls Park

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
A modern eagle's eye is four to eight times stronger than that of the average human's.
science

An Amazing Fossilized Eye Reveals How an Ancient Bird Saw

Feast your eyes on this.
Natasha Frost January 12, 2018
London, England

The Tower Ravens

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
The kea is one of New Zealand's most popular, and infamous, birds.
animals

The Curbside Gyms That Keep Rare New Zealand Parrots Out of Trouble

What is it with teenage males and traffic cones?
Natasha Frost January 11, 2018
A churo snail simmered in soy with dale dale root foam at Maido, a restaurant in Lima.
Gastro Obscura

Churo Snails

Lima chefs love to experiment with this large Amazon river dweller.