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Coyote as scarecrow.

Can Fake Coyotes Scare Off Sea Lions?

The city of Newport Beach, California, aims to find out.

Eric Grundhauser October 19, 2017

The structure though to be this fossilized bird's uropygial gland is in the box at center.

We Now Have Evidence That Birds Preened Their Plumage 48 Million Years Ago

Did feathered dinosaurs do the same?

Kelsey Kennedy October 19, 2017

Tennille, Georgia

Pig Monument

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.

A male waterbuck and an unlikely tsetse fly meal.

Waterbuck-Scented Cologne Can Protect Cows From Tsetse Fly Bites

How a new fragrance can help ward off a fatal disease.

Kelsey Kennedy October 18, 2017

Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park.

Onsted, Michigan

Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A group of dolphins off the coast of Mexico.

Whale and Dolphin Cultures Are Products of Big Brains

More grey matter means more complex social interactions.

Kelsey Kennedy October 17, 2017

A sampling of issues of "PURRRRR! The Newsletter for Cat Lovers."

Digging Through the Archives of 'PURRRRR!,' the Premier Cat Newsletter of the 1980s

Before the internet, people got their feline fix in analog form.

Cara Giaimo October 17, 2017

After a multi-year burial in horse manure, Stumpy was excavated, scrubbed with soap, and brought to the Museum where she was later put on display.

natural history museums

Why a Local Museum Keeps Burying Whales Under Raleigh, North Carolina

It mostly has to do with grease.

Bradley Allf October 17, 2017

An alligator capturing a nurse shark in Florida.

We Now Have Evidence That Alligators Like Chomping on Sharks

Gators rarely pass up a snack.

Kelsey Kennedy October 16, 2017

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.

Two cougars dine on a carcass in Wyoming.

Mountain Lions Are Way More Social Than We Thought

The big cats have been spotted sharing meals.

Kelsey Kennedy October 13, 2017

One of the museum's dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Dioramas

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

A pard from the 12th-century <em>Aberdeen Bestiary</em> manuscript.

Just About Everything We Know About the Pard

The mythical big cat was once believed to make up half of every leopard.

Natasha Frost October 13, 2017

Dolly at the National Museum of Scotland.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Remains of Dolly the Sheep

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Bazalgette the Whale.

Yachats, Oregon

Bazalgette the Whale

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

A marsh hopper, infected by a parasite.

There Are Parasites That Turn Marsh-Dwelling Shrimp Into Orange Zombies

And nitrogen pollution can make the infections even more common.

Kelsey Kennedy October 10, 2017

Looking down an antler-infested corridor

Three Forks, Montana

Jim's Horn House

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Specimens from 1904 and 1966 look almost like different species of songbird.

What Sooty Feathers Tell Us About Air Pollution Over Time

Many of America's birds are far cleaner now than they were at the turn of the century.

Natasha Frost October 10, 2017