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Migrations

A bison rests on the pasture.

How North American Bison Ended Up in the Swiss Alps

The mammals in Geneva’s outskirts are now iconic in the country.

Lina Zeldovich May 15, 2018

Morkovcha

The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.

Two short-finned pilot whales move through the ocean.

From Turtles to Whales, Marine Animals Have the Same Moves

With the help of remote tracking devices, scientists are deducing the choreography of the sea.

Cara Giaimo February 26, 2018

A close up of the fossilized teeth.

Found: A 177,000-Year-Old Jawbone, the Oldest Evidence of Humans Outside Africa

The story of human migration is undergoing a dramatic revision.

Sarah Laskow January 25, 2018

A snowy owl snacking.

The Snowy Owls Are Back in Town

Them wild-eyed birds that had been away.

Cara Giaimo December 7, 2017

Beautiful Peranakan tile from the turn of the century is clean and still gorgeous

Bukit Brown Cemetery

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

The Charming Culprits Behind Denver's Mysterious Radar Blob

It turned out to be a whole lot of painted ladies.

Cara Giaimo October 5, 2017

A female olive baboon carrying a juvenile. In baboon society, all members help make decisions, even decidedly non-alpha duos like this.

Mapping the Hidden Movements of Baboon Troops

What researchers have learned from tracking 57,000 individual "baboon decisions."

Cara Giaimo September 25, 2017

One of the burials found at the pyramid.

Found: The Remains of Chinese Laborers Interred on a Peruvian Pyramid

In the 19th century, 100,000 indentured laborers came to Peru from China.

Sarah Laskow August 25, 2017

Norway's Migrating Reindeer Are Too Slow for Slow TV

Reality television stars can be so fickle.

Cara Giaimo May 2, 2017

The Madonna in Bethesda

Bethesda, Maryland

Madonna of the Trail

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

Two musk oxen in Norway's Dovre mountains.

The Great Scandinavian Musk Ox War

For decades, Sweden and Norway have been arguing over musk oxen citizenship.

Cara Giaimo October 12, 2016

The New York Public Library is Moving 1.5 Million Books to an Underground Lair

The books will live highly organized lives underneath Bryant Park.

Sarah Laskow August 17, 2016

Skomer Island

Pembrokeshire, Wales

Skomer Island

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

People Increasingly Identify as Global—Not National—Citizens

Erik Shilling April 28, 2016

Scientists Have Cracked The Mystery Of Where Puffins Winter

Erik Shilling February 17, 2016

New Evidence of Mammoth Hunting Puts Humans in the Arctic 10,000 Years Before They Were Supposed to Be There

Sarah Laskow January 14, 2016

More Severe Storms Are Throwing off Bird Migration

Tao Tao Holmes November 24, 2015