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Animals

The crossing offers a safer way for animals to move across the highway.

9 Real-World Animal Crossings

These bridges, tunnels, and viaducts help wildlife safely navigate the road.

Michelle Cassidy May 26, 2023

Beila, Mauritania

Camel Market

The largest camel market in West Africa

West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

The Blue Whale of Noah's Ark

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

On Tuckernuck Island, the American giant millipede is in danger of losing its head. Scientists don't know what is responsible for the unprecedented number of decapitations.

The Mystery of the Headless Millipedes

Every summer, hundreds of millipedes are murdered on one small Massachusetts island.

William von Herff May 26, 2023

Some 60 years ago, an ancient Olmec sculpture known as the "Earth Monster" was stolen. Last week, it went home to Mexico.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Buying a Ghost Town, Finding the Earth Monster, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

April White May 26, 2023

Blue ghost fireflies (<em>Phausis reticulata</em>) zigzag through an Appalachian forest.

Photographing Fireflies, a Love Story

An award-winning photographer shares what these bioluminescent insects have taught him—and how you can capture their beauty.

Emily Dieckman May 24, 2023

This New Species Is a Fish out of Water by Choice

The Juan Deriba killifish, found in a tiny area of Bolivia, jumps out of water to evade threats.

James Hall May 23, 2023

A Steller’s sea eagle near Sapporo, Japan.

What a Roving Steller's Sea Eagle May Tell Us About Ourselves

Thousands of miles from its native range, the raptor illustrates how attitudes toward nature vary.

Adriana Craciun May 22, 2023

Salt Lake City, Utah

Allen Park

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

A swallow in Griebnitzsee

Potsdam, Germany

Griebnitzsee Rauchschwalben (Griebnitzsee Station Swallows)

A local train station entrance hall doubles as a sanctuary for barn swallows.

Eunice Winkless diving at the Steel Pier.

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Remembering When Horse Diving Was an Actual Thing

For 50 years, this bizarre act was one of Atlantic City's biggest attractions.

Diana Hubbell May 9, 2023

Podcast: National Poo Museum

A place where excrement is elevated.

The Podcast Team May 8, 2023

Rinoceronte

Rinoceronte di Piazza Vittoria

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Taxidermy dogs

Bítov, Czechia

Bítov Castle

The castle in the romantic landscape of Podyjí houses what may be Europe's largest collection of taxidermy dogs.

Amherst, Massachusetts

Henry Street Salamander Tunnels

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

Podcast: Caring for Canids

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes at a California conservation center.

The Podcast Team April 25, 2023

Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Monumento al Burro (Monument to the Donkey)

A farming family's tribute to the pack animal.

Junior Novera (right), a conservation scientist, is working with his community in Papua New Guinea to protect imperiled Bougainville monkey-faced bats and other local species.

Saving Bats in Papua New Guinea Through 'Knowledge-Weaving' Tradition and Science

A Indigenous scientist blends local and Western perspectives about the culturally significant animal to safeguard its future.

Monica Evans April 17, 2023