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Spongeorama sign

Tarpon Springs, Florida

Spongeorama Sponge Factory

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Eight high-achieving animals of 2017.

The Year in Animal Accomplishments

Celebrating 10 of the greatest things creatures did in 2017.

Natasha Frost December 14, 2017

A bowl of bird's nest soup, with ladybell root.

Bird's Nest Soup

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

A cow being fed by his owner.

In 19th-Century Britain, The Hottest Status Symbol Was a Painting of Your Cow

The livestock looked surprisingly geometric.

Anne Ewbank December 13, 2017

The amber-trapped prehistoric parasites with an extant tick measuring 0.2 inches.

Found: 99-Million-Year-Old Ticks Trapped in Amber

One of them was entangled with a dinosaur feather.

Vittoria Traverso December 13, 2017

Otters are social animals that live in communities, called "rafts."

The Regional Scent Dialects That Help Otters Tell Friends From Strangers

You can learn a lot about someone from their accent.

Natasha Frost December 13, 2017

Wildlife found around the Tiputini Biodiversity Station.

Tiputini Biodiversity Station

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

A Six-Foot, 220-Pound Penguin Once Lived in New Zealand

The bird was almost twice the size of the largest living penguin.

Natasha Frost December 12, 2017

One of Edward Hitchcock's ambrotype sketches of dinosaur footprints from his 1858 book, <em>Ichnology of New England</em>.

The First Scientist to Study Dinosaur Footprints Thought Giant Birds Made Them

Edward Hitchcock clung to his theory, even when paleontologists said it didn’t fly.

John Meszaros December 12, 2017

Dino tracks.

Dinosaur Tracks at Government Canyon

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

Permanently Closed

Virginia Beach, Virginia

The Bunny Hutch

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

Illustration of an Atlantic White-sided Dolphin and a Long-finned Pilot Whale.

New Research Suggests Solar Storms Don't Lead Whales Astray

Whatever is causing whales to strand themselves on shore, it's likely a more complicated cocktail of factors.

Sarah Laskow December 11, 2017

Nancy and Mr. Peaches.

Key West, Florida

Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

Illustration of a dog from George Turbervile's 1576 <em>Booke of Hunting</em>.

A 16th-Century Book on Forest Laws Had Alarming Rules About Dogs

"Who may keepe dogges within a forrest?"

Natasha Frost December 8, 2017

In Banff, animals can use overpasses that are designed to mimic the landscape.

How Did the Grizzly Bear Cross the Road?

And how can we help them do it safely?

Jessica Leigh Hester December 8, 2017

The One-Minute Life Stories of Some Fascinating Extinct Species

What looking at animals from the past can tell us about our world now.

Ashawnta Jackson December 8, 2017

Al Shahaniya camel racetrack.

Ash-Shahaniyah, Qatar

Al Shahaniya Camel Racetrack

Robot jockeys ride their humped mounts to victory as part of a 21st-century twist on an ancient desert sport.

A reconstruction of <em>Halszkaraptor escuilliei</em>, an amphibious dinosaur discovered in Mongolia.

Found: A Dinosaur With Features Borrowed From Swans, Penguins, and Crocs

It's so unique that paleontologists initially doubted its authenticity.

Vittoria Traverso December 7, 2017