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A green darner dragonfly on the move.

Tiny Dragonflies Travel Hundreds of Miles, to Mate and Then Die

One generation commutes one way, the next comes back.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 19, 2018

Two pods, one ocean, so what do they do?

Two Adriatic Dolphin Pods Scrupulously Avoid Each Other

Researchers don't know exactly why they're so clique-y.

Anna Kusmer December 18, 2018

Jaich Maa is an unusual hydrothermal vent ecosystem.

Found: Upside-Down Waterfalls, Steaming Mud, and Blue Microbes on the Ocean Floor

An unusual hydrothermal ecosystem erupts in the Gulf of California.

Matthew Taub December 17, 2018

How to See the Poetry in Plants

A botanist made fantastical sketches of the rain forests' natural wonders.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 14, 2018

The datum.

Stockholm, Sweden

Normalhöjdpunkten

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

These boots were made for training, maybe.

For Sale: A Boot That Almost Went to the Moon

If it hadn't been somehow considered unacceptable.

Matthew Taub December 12, 2018

Jesus, that's fast.

Geckos Can Run on Water

Faster than ducks can swim in it.

Matthew Taub December 7, 2018

Pee-Pee Boy

China's favorite urinating “tea pet” is actually a thermometer.

The monument to Alexander Von Humboldt.

Mexico City, Mexico

Alexander Von Humboldt Monument

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

Depending on who you ask, <em>Rhodotus palmatus</em> looks like a brain or a wrinkled peach.

The Most Amazing, Smelly, Deadly Fungi in North America

Handing out superlatives to some overlooked species.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 5, 2018

Center pivot irrigation at work northeast of Adams, Nebraska.

Americans Have Planted So Much Corn That It's Changing the Weather

The Corn Belt is making it rain.

Eric J. Wallace December 3, 2018

Detail of the figure.

Dolmen de Dalí

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

The King Userkaf complex held dozens of mummified cats.

Mummifying a Beetle Is a Lot Easier Than Mummifying a Cat

Not all animal mummies were created equal.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 29, 2018

Diplodocus skeleton.

Seegräben, Switzerland

Sauriermuseum Aathal

Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.

Meet the Fatbergs

Digging into the science of three cities' sewer-clogging blobs.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 20, 2018

The prototype and its copies will remain under lock and key—and under two bell jars.

objects of intrigue

So Much Used to Depend on a Small Metal Cylinder in a Vault in France

The life and death of the physical prototype of the kilogram.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 16, 2018

A map of the topography, showing the crater.

A Massive Meteorite Crater Has Been Hiding Under Greenland's Ice

It ranks in the top 25 largest impact craters ever discovered.

Sarah Laskow November 15, 2018

Transplanting blueberry seedlings at the University of Florida.

The Tooth-Rotting Trials of Building Better-Tasting Berries

How new flavors are created and killed.

Abbey Perreault November 14, 2018