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Illustration of an extinct New Zealand burrowing bat by Gavin Mouldey.
animals

Found: A Giant Extinct Burrowing Bat

It used to scurry about on all fours on New Zealand's forest floor.
Vittoria Traverso January 10, 2018
Misoyaki Paiche
Gastro Obscura

Paiche

This 400-pound fish has fed Amazon tribes for millennia.
The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.
animals

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.
Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018
An anole egg, laid by a female in the colony.
science

At an Underground Harvard Lizard Colony, Scientists Study Speciation

Several hundred brown anoles are helping researchers discover how new species come to be.
Geoffrey Giller January 8, 2018
The bearded vulture has returned to the Alps after being hunted and poisoned to local extinction.
animals

The Struggle to Revitalize the World's Vulture Populations

How to save the least marketable of all birds.
Natasha Frost January 5, 2018
Moscow, Russia

House With Animals

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.
The Kennel Club Library.
London, England

Kennel Club Library

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.
An illustration of the 1793 flight of the sheep, the rooster, and the duck.
science

A Rooster, a Duck, and a Sheep Walk Into a Hot Air Balloon...

...and make aviation history, of course!
Eric Grundhauser January 3, 2018
Yum?
dinosaurs

Found: A New Species of Lizard in a Dinosaur's Stomach

A prehistoric snack is now thought to be a previously unknown species.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 3, 2018
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Cape Fear Serpentarium
Wilmington, North Carolina

Cape Fear Serpentarium

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.
Researchers studied 662 craniums.
skulls

The Curious Case of the Shrinking Moose Skulls

Researchers studied 40 years of craniums on an island in Lake Superior.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 29, 2017
This Vietnamese crocodile lizard is just one of 115 new species identified in the Greater Mekong region.
science

The Latest New Species Discoveries From the Greater Mekong

Three mammals, two fish, 11 reptiles, 11 amphibians, and 88 plants, all from the same region.
Eric Grundhauser December 28, 2017
An Osborne bull among poppies.
Guadalajara, Spain

Osborne Bull

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.
Keep on swimming!
science

Watch a Baby Sea Turtle Waddle Up a Treadmill For Science

Research has rarely been so adorable.
Eric Grundhauser December 26, 2017
Chizhik Pyzhik close-up.
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Chizhik Pyzhik

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.
A pigeon avoids spikes at Hereford Cathedral in England.
architecture

What Pigeon Spikes Can Teach Us About People

Hostile architecture for birds has a lot in common with hostile architecture for humans.
Cara Giaimo December 22, 2017
animals

Stingrays, Anteaters, and Orchids: The Year in Newly Discovered Species

Science, please meet this bevy of unusual creatures.
Vittoria Traverso December 20, 2017
Dinosaur footprint at Valley of the Dinosaurs
Sousa, Brazil

Valley of the Dinosaurs

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.