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Biologists on the Canary Islands only became aware of the islands’ robust population of angelsharks about a decade ago.

This Fake Beach in the Canary Islands Is a Baby Shark Paradise

Tenerife's Playa de las Teresitas attracts tourists looking for sun—and endangered angelsharks.

Dag Goering July 10, 2023

In the World of Animal Courtship, These Males Go to Extremes

For some species, mating season means detachable penises, urine-based perfumes, and ear-splitting declarations of love.

Ashley Stimpson February 9, 2023

Australia's northern quolls "readily bite" anything within reach, requiring careful, firm handling for the safety of both quoll and human.

Studying Australia's Feisty Northern Quolls Requires Beef Chum and Backpacks

Scientists fitted the famously bitey marsupials with tiny accelerometers to learn their secrets.

Gemma Tarlach February 8, 2023

Snake Island’s Venomous Vipers Find a New Home in São Paulo

Scientists hatch a bold plan to save Brazil's critically endangered golden lancehead, which lives on a single infamous isle.

James Hall July 6, 2022

A pod of short-finned pilot whales.

A Whale of a Tale about a Science Breakthrough Ignored for Decades

In 1981, Helene Marsh and her mentor discovered the truth about a basic biological process—but it took many researchers years to accept it.

Madeline Bodin March 17, 2022

Australian emu.

Emu Dads Raise the Young—Which May Not Even Be Their Offspring

As birds go, these Australian animals are unusual in many ways, including how they divvy up parenting duties.

Hannah Thomasy March 15, 2022

New Zealand's tuatara are the last members of <em>Rhynchocephalia</em>, an order of lizard-like reptiles

New Zealand's Slow-Moving 'Living Fossils' Have the Fastest Sperm Among Reptiles

Discovering the trait may help scientists protect the tuatara, which has been around since the dinosaurs.

Tess McClure September 13, 2021

Podcast: La Piedra Movediza

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team August 4, 2021

The museum room containing the unlabeled replica

The Replica of Fet-Mats

A reproduction of a mysteriously preserved body found in the 18th-century and put on display for years before burial.

The Micronesian kingfishers hunkered down quite peacefully.

The Kingfishers That Shacked Up at the Start of the Pandemic Aren’t Sick of Each Other Yet

Before the birds moved in together, they had to learn to "howdy."

Jessica Leigh Hester July 28, 2020

Tandil, Argentina

La Piedra Movediza (Shifting Stone)

A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.

Where did all the big boys go?

The Strange Case of Mexico's Shrinking Jumbo Squid

Too many El Niños have diminished the "diablo rojo."

Sabrina Imbler July 24, 2019

Greek woman, early fourth century B.C.

To Conceive a Girl in Ancient Greece, Eat a Salad and Tie Your Right Testicle

Doctors wrote recipes to cure patients' ailments and determine the sex of their children.

Reina Gattuso March 7, 2019

Romeo, no longer the world's loneliest frog.

The World’s Loneliest Frog Has a Potential Mate, And Now Comes the Hard Part

To save the species, Romeo and Juliet need to make tadpoles.

Noor Al-Samarrai January 31, 2019

A helmeted honeyeater in captivity.

Life Lessons From the Helmeted Honeyeater

This endangered species is learning when to love and when to fear.

Cara Giaimo February 15, 2018

Skate eggs, like this deep sea example, are known as "mermaid purses."

Found: A Natural Egg-Incubator in the Deep Ocean

Who knew hydrothermal vents make such great nurseries?

Vittoria Traverso February 9, 2018

A gift from Mussolini to the city of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Found: A Carton of a Dozen Eggs, All With Double Yolks

The odds are one in a thousand trillion.

Sarah Laskow August 1, 2016