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Fleeting Wonders

You Can Soon Buy a Melon With Hello Kitty's Face Grown Onto The Surface

They don't come cheap, though.

Cara Giaimo June 6, 2016

Synchronous fireflies, strobing up Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

Fireflies That Blink In Sync Return To Tennessee

Most fireflies switch on and off randomly—but not these guys.

Cara Giaimo June 3, 2016

A pine pollen corona in Kuusamo, Finland.

These Pollen Coronas Are the Upside of Pollen

Tons of sneezy plant dust in the air sometimes means beautiful, elongated rainbow rings around the sun.

Cara Giaimo June 2, 2016

Veterinarians Remove Goldfish-Sized Tumor From Goldfish

He's feeling fine now.

Cara Giaimo June 1, 2016

Quebec produced enough syrup this spring to fill approximately 287 million 6-ounce bottles.

It Was A Record Year For Québécois Maple Syrup Production

Cara Giaimo May 31, 2016

Do not be tempted by this photogenic grey seal.

No More Seal Selfies, Says NOAA

Enough is enough.

Cara Giaimo May 27, 2016

A MOMA visitor enjoys the new exhibit.

Everyone Thought It Was Art When These Clever Teens Put Glasses on a Museum Floor

Cara Giaimo May 26, 2016

The Taj Mahal in its regular garb.

The Taj Mahal Is Turning Green

Cara Giaimo May 25, 2016

Participants chill out to the best of their abilities.

This Relaxation Competition Finds Out Who Can Chill the Best

Cara Giaimo May 24, 2016

Butterflies pay tribute to Márquez during his memorial ceremony.

Hundreds of Yellow Butterflies Attend Ceremony for Gabriel García Márquez's Ashes

Some ashes were finally laid to rest.

Cara Giaimo May 23, 2016

One member of the hotel's crack team of security hawks.

Cannes Hotels Have Hired Hawks To Protect Celebrities From Seagulls

They're fighting birds with birds.

Cara Giaimo May 20, 2016

Barbara Helfgott Hyett's words revealed in Roslindale.

Boston's Sidewalks Are Covered In Secret Poems

You can only see them when it rains.

Cara Giaimo May 19, 2016

Shhhh, this tree might be sleeping!

How Trees Sleep

Like the rest of us, they droop.

Cara Giaimo May 18, 2016

You Can Again Dine at the KGB's Favorite Restaurant

A lot of spies used to eat here.

Cara Giaimo May 17, 2016

A few of Gunderson's newest carvings.

The Woodcarver Drawing Secret Faces on Trees at This Canadian Park

"The Magic Man of Cottonwood Island."

Cara Giaimo May 16, 2016

An airport-pranking dog successfully avoids capture.

Watch a Dog Gang Shut Down a Tokyo Airport

One of the trespassing pooches is still on the loose.

Cara Giaimo May 13, 2016

Reddit user RealHotSauceBoss's grandfather's house, in 1916 and 2016.

See A Restored Mail-Order Sears Home From 1916

Nice work, Reddit user.

Cara Giaimo May 12, 2016

A view from Central Park's Hallett Nature Sanctuary, recently reopened to the public.

A Secret, Wild Pocket Of Central Park Reopens

It had been closed to the public since 1934.

Cara Giaimo May 11, 2016