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FOUND: A Tiny Dinosaur Named Ava

Sarah Laskow September 18, 2015
animals

How a Newspaper Hoax Led to Ostrich Racing in Nevada

Tanja M. Laden September 18, 2015
animals

Fleeting Wonders: A Thrilling Killer Whale Chase Caught on Camera

Ella Morton September 17, 2015
animals

What Makes Rabbits So Rascally?

Cara Giaimo September 16, 2015
Elk in Montana
animals

Here’s What Goes on Inside a Forest When a Massive Wildfire Hits

Damaris Colhoun September 15, 2015
Sneaky Sulley, found at last.
animals

Fleeting Wonders: A Meeting of the Secret International Tortoise Assembly?

Tao Tao Holmes September 14, 2015
animals

Fleeting Wonders: A Vlogging Gorilla

Ella Morton September 11, 2015
animals

FOUND: An Ancient Megamouth Shark

Sarah Laskow September 11, 2015
animals

The Sad Sex Lives of Suburban Frogs

Sarah Laskow September 9, 2015
Old Franklin Park Zoo Bear Pens
Boston, Massachusetts

Old Franklin Park Zoo Bear Pens

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
animals

Fleeting Wonders: A Chicken That Crossed the Road, in Traffic

Ella Morton September 3, 2015
A chimpanzee balances on a recently logged eucalpytus. (Photo: Jack Lester/BMC Ecology)
animals

Coffee Bats, Farm Chimps, And Other Animals Making Do In Developed Habitats

Cara Giaimo September 2, 2015
Brevard White Squirrels
Brevard, North Carolina

Brevard White Squirrels

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.
Martha in a display case in the National Museum of Natural History, 2015
objects of intrigue

Object of Intrigue: Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon

Ella Morton September 1, 2015
dinosaurs

Inside the Illinois Studio Where Terrifyingly Realistic Dinosaurs are Born

New best friend for a day?
Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Apenheul Primate Park

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 70 species of monkeys roam free alongside their human visitors.
A horse carriage on the modern streets of New York.
animals

Exit Interview: What It Was Like To Drive A Horse Carriage In 1980s New York

Eric Grundhauser August 28, 2015
The gorilla house from Benson's Wild Animal Farm
Hudson, New Hampshire

Benson's Park

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.