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The Whimsical, Nostalgic Appeal of Becorns

A former Lego worker moved away from plastic and towards chipmunks.
Margherita Bassi December 11, 2023
London, England

Endangered Species Doorway

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.
cemeteries

Podcast: Ol Pejeta Rhino Cemetery

The memorial in Nanyuki, Kenya, might be one of the loveliest and saddest places on Earth.
The Podcast Team December 11, 2023
Handler Collette Yee rewards detection dog Jack with a round of tug-of-war.
nature

The Adventures and Trials of Jack, Scat-Sniffing Superdog

Jack and his handler Collette Yee found challenges, meaning, and each other in their work helping scientists better understand orcas, bats, and more.
Roxanne Hoorn December 1, 2023
African penguins develop a unique arrangement of black speckles on their white bellies at around three months old.
zoos

How Polka Dots Help African Penguins Stand Out From the Crowd

A new study shows how the birds identify their mates in a sea of black and white.
Roxanne Hoorn November 30, 2023
The materials to create the coyote (left) are commonly used for building stop motion puppets; a raccoon (right) looks lifelike after Binard mounts the hide on the form.
preserved specimens

You Can Take Home Dead Animals From This California Library

Check out camel skulls, starfish, or a lion’s pelt, just to know what it feels like.
Sarah Milligan November 29, 2023
Cisco, Texas

Old Zoo Nature Trails

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Camp Century trench construction in 1960. Caption reads "Metal arch forms being emplaced over undercut trench."
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Viking Hoaxes, a Secret Nuclear Ice Base, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White November 22, 2023
Skull and linen wrapping of a mummified baboon recovered from Gabbanat el-Qurud, Egypt and connected genetically to coastal Eritrea.
mummies

Mummified Baboons in Egypt Point to a Long Lost Land

New discoveries of ancient DNA could help scientists find the land of Punt.
Sunny Fitzgerald November 21, 2023
Scientists don’t know how many silky anteaters live in Brazil’s Parnaíba Delta. Densely vegetated mangroves make it difficult to count the elusive animals.
science

Brazil's Most Adorable Anteater May Be a New Species

These isolated, pocket-sized silky anteaters live among the mangroves of Brazil’s Atlantic coast.
James Hall November 20, 2023
Electric eels, native to the Amazon region, are known for delivering powerful, painful jolts to prey, would-be predators, and the occasional human. But much less is known about their reproduction.
science

The Shocking Sex Lives of Electric Eels in Brazil

Lightning and other environmental electricity may jumpstart reproduction for the Amazon Basin fish.
James Hall November 15, 2023
Two mules leashed to a wagon on a country road
animals

This Couple Was Introduced by ... a Mule?

A man journeys on two mules across the U.S. to find what's missing.
The Podcast Team August 6, 2025
Farley Mount Monument
Hampshire, England

Farley Mount Monument

This towering monument is dedicated in memory of a most unusually named, yet heroic, horse.
<em>Leopardus guigna</em>, or kodkod, is the smallest wild cat in the Americas, and is often smaller than an average house cat.
animals

The Smallest Wild Cat in the Americas Is Also the Cutest Bad Omen

In rural Chile, the kodkod, or güiña, has a bad rep for stealing chickens—and as a portent of death and disaster.
Roxanne Hoorn November 1, 2023
Union, Kentucky

Diorama Pit at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.
Te Matua Ngahere—"Father of the Forest"—a giant kauri tree growing in the Waipoua Forest of New Zealand, is the second-largest of its kind.
volcanoes

Wonder Is Everywhere: The World’s Oldest Trees, the Heaviest Ball of Twine, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White October 27, 2023
A parasitic fungus emerges from the body of a fly in Peru.
subterranean

5 Creepy Tales of Real-World Zombies

And 10 places to wait out a (fictional) undead apocalypse.
April White October 20, 2023
A wild vervet monkey, native to Africa, dines near the Fort Lauderdale International Airport rental car area in 2021.
mummies

Wonder Is Everywhere: An Accidental Mummy, a Murdered Tree, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White October 13, 2023