national parks
America’s First Game Warden Died Fighting for the Birds
Guy Bradley’s mission to protect Florida’s wading birds put him in the crosshairs of poachers—and left a legacy that endures in today’s conservation efforts.
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astronomy
These 2,000-Year-Old Mounds Trace the Path of the Moon
After spending the last century as a golf course, the Octagon Earthworks are now protected—and celebrated—for their ancient Native American origins.
spiders
This Arachnid in Illinois Had Armored Spikes on Its 8 Legs
The new species is too strange to be assigned a category.
animals
Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall
New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.
brain collections
The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It
The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
snakes
It’s Official: There’s Another ‘World’s Largest Snake’
Even actor Will Smith saw it slither through the Amazon.
poison
Ancient Gum Reveals Stone-Age Teens Chewed on Bones and Made Poison
And had some pretty bad oral health.
ghosts
Scientists Finally Find Mysterious Mesospheric Ghosts
The midwest is particularly filled with them.
geological oddities
An Entire Continent Went Missing—But Scientists Have Found It Again
Fear not, these geologists are good at their jobs.
vikings
Impaled Horse Heads Are Appearing More and More Around Iceland
The rise of paganism in the country is reigniting a macabre ritual from the Viking Age.
