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Lugworms can measure up to nine inches in length in the United Kingdom, while their American cousins are sometimes as much as 13 inches long.
science

Would You Kindly Spy on the Sex Life of the Humble Lugworm?

British researchers need more information about what gets this marine worm in the mood.
Natasha Frost October 23, 2017
Coyote as scarecrow.
animals

Can Fake Coyotes Scare Off Sea Lions?

The city of Newport Beach, California, aims to find out.
Eric Grundhauser October 19, 2017
The structure though to be this fossilized bird's uropygial gland is in the box at center.
dinosaurs

We Now Have Evidence That Birds Preened Their Plumage 48 Million Years Ago

Did feathered dinosaurs do the same?
Kelsey Kennedy October 19, 2017
Tennille, Georgia

Pig Monument

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.
A male waterbuck and an unlikely tsetse fly meal.
science

Waterbuck-Scented Cologne Can Protect Cows From Tsetse Fly Bites

How a new fragrance can help ward off a fatal disease.
Kelsey Kennedy October 18, 2017
Onsted, Michigan

Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
A group of dolphins off the coast of Mexico.
science

Whale and Dolphin Cultures Are Products of Big Brains

More grey matter means more complex social interactions.
Kelsey Kennedy October 17, 2017
A sampling of issues of "PURRRRR! The Newsletter for Cat Lovers."
animals

Digging Through the Archives of 'PURRRRR!,' the Premier Cat Newsletter of the 1980s

Before the internet, people got their feline fix in analog form.
Cara Giaimo October 17, 2017
After a multi-year burial in horse manure, Stumpy was excavated, scrubbed with soap, and brought to the Museum where she was later put on display.
natural history museums

Why a Local Museum Keeps Burying Whales Under Raleigh, North Carolina

It mostly has to do with grease.
Bradley Allf October 17, 2017
An alligator capturing a nurse shark in Florida.
science

We Now Have Evidence That Alligators Like Chomping on Sharks

Gators rarely pass up a snack.
Kelsey Kennedy October 16, 2017
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.
Two cougars dine on a carcass in Wyoming.
science

Mountain Lions Are Way More Social Than We Thought

The big cats have been spotted sharing meals.
Kelsey Kennedy October 13, 2017
One of the museum's dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.
Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Dioramas

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.
A pard from the 12th-century <em>Aberdeen Bestiary</em> manuscript.
cryptozoology

Just About Everything We Know About the Pard

The mythical big cat was once believed to make up half of every leopard.
Natasha Frost October 13, 2017
Dolly at the National Museum of Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Remains of Dolly the Sheep

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Bazalgette the Whale.
Yachats, Oregon

Bazalgette the Whale

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.
A marsh hopper, infected by a parasite.
science

There Are Parasites That Turn Marsh-Dwelling Shrimp Into Orange Zombies

And nitrogen pollution can make the infections even more common.
Kelsey Kennedy October 10, 2017
Three Forks, Montana

Jim's Horn House

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.