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The diminutive coquí guajón, or Puerto Rican rock frog, lives in the southeastern part of the island. 
dolphins

7 Stories of the World’s Rarest Animals

And the people trying to save these endangered species.
April White May 17, 2024
Aranjuez, Spain

Pajarera del Jardín de la Isla

A massive birdcage in this royal, 18th-century garden has sparked a local controversy.
Biologist Juan Masello has broken multiple bones, crushed a vein, and nearly drowned studying the world's largest parrot colony, at Balneario El Condor in Argentina.
science

Studying the World's Largest Parrot Colony Is an Extreme Sport

Cliffside with Argentina's burrowing parrots, biologist Juan Masello has broken bones, crushed a vein, and nearly drowned.
James Hall May 14, 2024
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.
Auckland, New Zealand, is attempting to map the extensive cave network hidden beneath the city.
caves

Wonder Is Everywhere: 'Titanic' News, Lava Caves, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White May 10, 2024
Children's swallow-songs are one of the oldest continuous musical traditions in Greece.
music

Swallow-Songs for Spring Are the Greek ‘Trick or Treat’

It’s a tradition that goes back centuries.
Andrew Coletti April 30, 2024
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (<em>Phoebastria immutabilis</em>) in her 70s, was spotted courting potential mates at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
meteorites

Wonder Is Everywhere: the World’s Longest Snake, Disappearing Meteorites, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White April 25, 2024
Valley Falls, Oregon

Lake Abert

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.
Red-billed oxpeckers are regular sights on many large African mammals.
birds

Wild Life: Oxpeckers

In a preview of our new book, we meet a small bird that makes a blood pact with a large mammal.
Cara Giaimo March 29, 2024
Okavango Delta, Botswana - August 2, 2022. Western Tourists travelling in a mokoro, along the delta. This type of travel is traditional among the locals of the delta.
museums

Wonder Is Everywhere: Harlem Renaissance, the Return of the Ruby Slippers, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 29, 2024
Artist David Smus's sculpture of a great black hawk appears to be navigating through the trees. The bird was a vagrant—taking up residence in Maine, far from its normal range.
statues

The Small but Wonderful World of Bird Memorials

A statue in Maine made for a vagrant hawk offers one way to honor these fleeting visitors. Flaco fans take note.
Cara Giaimo March 21, 2024
Reading, England

Silchester Eagle

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'
An Arctic tern in flight; the seabirds were a critical source of food for the Beothuk people of Newfoundland, and also likely inspired some of their funerary traditions.
islands

In Newfoundland, a Bird Spirit May Have Guided a Lost Culture's Dead

For centuries, the Beothuk people relied on seabirds to survive—and likely to find their way to the afterlife.
Nicky Nielsen February 7, 2024
Walla Walla, Washington

Pioneer Park Aviary

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.
Pigeon Hills Monument
Manheim Township, Pennsylvania

Pigeon Hills Monument

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.
Takoma Park, Maryland

Bird Calls Phone

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.
Mafra Palace Library is home to a colony of itty-bitty bats that keep its many historic volumes safe from pests.
cemeteries

5 of Our Favorite Podcast Episodes About Wildlife in Unexpected Places

Life finds a way, from the bats that haunt and hunt in a majestic library to a bird sanctuary in one of the most dangerous places in the world.
The Podcast Team January 12, 2024
Chicken clucks give humans a window into the bird's emotions.
science

Do You Speak Chicken?

A new study shows most people can tune into how chickens are feeling based on their clucks alone.
Roxanne Hoorn January 9, 2024