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An Alligator's Deadly Encounter With a Plane in Florida

"One of the craziest things I've ever seen in all my years in aviation."
Eric Grundhauser June 7, 2017
The gardens of Jardin d'Acclimatation
Paris, France

Jardin d'Acclimatation

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.
Juvenile spiny chromis in Indonesia.
science

Motorboat Noise Turns Fish Into Deadbeat Dads

Shhhhhhh!
Kelsey Kennedy June 7, 2017
Kees Moeliker, emceeing Dead Duck Day in 2016.
animals

Happy Dead Duck Day

For the past 22 years, Kees Moeliker has commemorated the perverse death of one particular duck.
Cara Giaimo June 5, 2017
Brown bear from Russia
Pasay, Philippines

APEC Sculpture Garden

A melting pot of Asian-Pacific art features one symbolic sculpture from each of 20 different nations.
Model of a partial dinosaur skeleton.
Laurel, Maryland

Laurel Dinosaur Park

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.
Vendetta/Mousa and Attack/Summer swimming off the coast of West Iceland, with baby Tide between them.
science

Paging Through the World's Handy, Adorable Orca Catalogs

A who's who for the orca set.
Cara Giaimo June 2, 2017
The Cat Museum.
Minsk, Belarus

Cat Museum

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.
Wiggle, wiggle!
science

Scientists Can Wiggle a Mouse's Whiskers With Electrical Fields

The work could lead to treatments for depression and epilepsy.
Kelsey Kennedy June 2, 2017
cryptozoology

In Search of the Elusive Pink-Headed Duck

After years of trying, one man thinks he will finally find a bird long thought to be extinct.
Sarah Laskow June 1, 2017
A few allosaur facts alongside the footprint
Aarhus, Denmark

Bispetorvet Dinosaur Footprint

A public display of random paleontology.
architecture

Found: Cat's Paw Print on a Roman Roof Tile

It was unusual for cats to tread on drying clay.
Sarah Laskow June 1, 2017
Venus, the bulldog mascot of the destroyer HMS <em>Vansittart</em>.
animals

Even World War II Had Its Weird Side

Strange and unexpected photos of wartime innovation, animal mascots, and Churchill in a onesie.
Anika Burgess June 1, 2017
Florence, Italy

La Specola Zoological Museum

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.
Elephants within the park.
Udawalawa, Sri Lanka

Udawalawe National Park

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.
museums

Watching a Blue Whale Get Vacuumed Is Surprisingly Satisfying

Even the ocean's behemoths get a little dusty sometimes.
Eric Grundhauser May 31, 2017
animals

This Artist Designed Pigeon Shoes So She Could Befriend Actual Pigeons

Throwing food may have worked better.
Michael Waters May 31, 2017
A southern flying squirrel.
animals

Found: America’s Third Species of Flying Squirrel

Western flying squirrels turn out to be totally different from their northern or southern cousins.
Sarah Laskow May 31, 2017