Articles by Natasha Frost

The British music magazine focused on the squeezebox before the axe.

How the remoteness of the Chatham Islands forged a resilient people.

A fruit sleuth digs deep.

A mismatch between genetics and language has baffled researchers for decades.

Scotland's most lovable lake creature has been commemorated on a new ten-pence piece.

In 1980, a gay historian’s book about Catholic Church-approved homosexuality enraged both gays and Catholics.

Greetings, Macrobiotus shonaicus!

The forgotten, flavorsome Big Mike is elusive, but not impossible to find.

Facebook puts the kibosh on the Venus of Willendorf.

If a bonobo presented you its arm, would you know what it meant?

Auguste Escoffier was the all-star genius behind Melba toast.

Bambara groundnuts, black-eyed peas, and Estonian onion potato seeds are headed to the bank.

The face of climate change, as chosen by Atlas Obscura readers.

A new study suggests that they had the capacity for symbolic behavior.

Summer in the city can spell danger for some wild bees.

From brewing tea to making shipping containers.

Duncan is based on a locomotive called Douglas.

Sorry, red squirrels.

Scientists have debunked a centuries-old legend about rabbit domestication.

Why one dish defines an entire sport.

In 1970, the editors of OZ magazine handed over the reins to a group of teens. Not long after, the police showed up.

Resurrecting the moa's diet.

A thoroughly modern literary excavation.

All aboard!