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Manhattan schist
New York, New York

Hallett Nature Sanctuary

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
Acorn Woodpecker on a tree in California
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Acorn Woodpeckers Hoard Thousands of Acorns in a Single Tree

That’s not even the weirdest thing about them.
Tao Tao Holmes May 16, 2016
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Watch a Goofy Bird Do a Hopping Dance to Attract a Mate

Male Jackson's widowbirds go through a complete transformation to find a special friend.
Lauren Young May 5, 2016
The birdlegger cops to his cargo.
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Smuggler Caught With 11 Songbirds In His Pants

The aspiring birdlegger was trying to sneak his captives into Taiwan.
Cara Giaimo April 18, 2016
The crane works side by side with a rice farmer.
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Lost Siberian Crane Wins Taiwan's Heart While Improving Its Food Supply

"He is like my son," says one local rice farmer.
Cara Giaimo April 1, 2016
A structure within the the doongerwadi complex.
Mumbai, India

Tower of Silence in Mumbai

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.
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Listen To A Tiny Machine From 1890 Make Birdsong

The whirs and ticks of a restored mechanical bird are oddly soothing, and very accurate.
Urvija Banerji March 25, 2016
Storks chilling in their new full-time home.
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Rather Than Migrate, Storks Now Just Eat Trash

Instead of continent-hopping every year, whole populations have settled down in the local landfill.
Cara Giaimo March 18, 2016
Maxie, the World's Largest Goose in 1988
Sumner, Missouri

Maxie, the World's Largest Goose

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
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Why 150,000 Penguins Missing From Antarctica May Actually Be Alive

Erik Shilling February 24, 2016
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13 Bald Eagles Found in Mysterious Mass Death Incident

Erik Shilling February 23, 2016
Aigues-Mortes, France

Salin Aigues-Mortes

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.
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Scientists Have Cracked The Mystery Of Where Puffins Winter

Erik Shilling February 17, 2016
The turkeys in question, menacing a different part of the street.
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Fleeting Wonders: New Jersey Turkeys Go Postal On A Postal Worker

Cara Giaimo February 17, 2016
A Hadza man gathers up his honey harvest, and burns the surplus.
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The Surprisingly Sticky Tale of the Hadza and the Honeyguide Bird

Cara Giaimo February 17, 2016
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde

Curral Velho

Once a bustling fishing village and trading post, today these Cape Verde ruins provide a home only for seabirds and turtles.
Paradise, Michigan

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Swan Lake Ship in Lake Yamanaka
Yamanakako, Japan

Lake Yamanaka

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.