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Where did all the big boys go?
squid

The Strange Case of Mexico's Shrinking Jumbo Squid

Too many El Niños have diminished the "diablo rojo."
Sabrina Imbler July 24, 2019
Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.
food

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.
Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019
Romeo, no longer the world's loneliest frog.
animals

The World’s Loneliest Frog Has a Potential Mate, And Now Comes the Hard Part

To save the species, Romeo and Juliet need to make tadpoles.
Noor Al-Samarrai January 31, 2019
A helmeted honeyeater in captivity.
animals

Life Lessons From the Helmeted Honeyeater

This endangered species is learning when to love and when to fear.
Cara Giaimo February 15, 2018
Skate eggs, like this deep sea example, are known as "mermaid purses."
underwater

Found: A Natural Egg-Incubator in the Deep Ocean

Who knew hydrothermal vents make such great nurseries?
Vittoria Traverso February 9, 2018
A gift from Mussolini to the city of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
food

Found: A Carton of a Dozen Eggs, All With Double Yolks

The odds are one in a thousand trillion.
Sarah Laskow August 1, 2016
sharks

The Miracle of the Shark 'Virgin Birth'

As more cases of sharks reproducing asexually emerge, scientists are reversing a lot of assumptions about parthenogenesis.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 4, 2016
This cluster of baby bug marbles belongs to the shield bug.
insects

The Blobby, Dazzling World of Insect Eggs

Scientists are finally learning why insect eggs come in so many sizes, shapes, and colors.
Tao Tao Holmes September 20, 2022
science

Scientists Grow 2-Week-Old Human Embryo Outside of Womb For First Time

The future is coming.
Erik Shilling May 4, 2016
The Topiary Park
Columbus, Ohio

The Topiary Park

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Like Lucille Bluth, bacteria moms play favorites like crazy.
science

Savvy Bacteria Parents Distribute Damage Unevenly Among Their Children

Cara Giaimo February 5, 2016
Camlann Village
Carnation, Washington

Camlann Village

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.
A recreated fresco in Valkenburg.
Valkenburg, Netherlands

Museum Romeinse Katakomben (Roman Catacombs Museum)

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.
women

The Incredible World of Period Underwear Patents

Rose Eveleth January 7, 2016