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Tahlequah, Oklahoma

J.T. Nickel Family Nature & Wildlife Preserve

The largest protected conservation area in the Ozarks—a region that stretches into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Hyenas and crocodiles dined on a waterside carcass together, caught via camera trap.
science

You Never Know Who Will Turn Up at an Elephant Carcass

Researchers in Kenya spied some unexpected guests at these “carrion bonanzas”
Roxanne Hoorn August 16, 2023
poison

Podcast: Snake Island

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, this rock has certainly earned its nickname.
The Podcast Team August 14, 2023
Butrint, Albania

Butrint National Park

A scenic UNESCO site that doubles as a habitat for various forms of wildlife.
Fremont, Indiana

Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve

A herd of roughly 250 American bison roam these plains.
An asiatic subspecies of cheetah once roamed India. Efforts to reintroduce the animal there threaten the traditional sustainable harvest of salai trees.
forests

India's Cheetah Reintroduction Threatens an Indigenous Tradition

Behind the headlines of the animals' rocky return, a displaced community struggles to access trees they have tended for generations.
Tanvi Dutta Gupta August 3, 2023
Orca pods can develop their own cultures that result in distinctive behaviors, including cooperation with humans.
museums

The Killer Whales of Eden and the 'Law of the Tongue'

Orcas and humans once hunted together in southeastern Australia, until their millennia-old relationship broke down.
Roxanne Hoorn August 1, 2023
A solo great white shark near Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.
film

Sharks Have Long Caused Trouble for Filmmakers

The predators may react when camera crews come poking around, but it doesn't make them villains.
Roxanne Hoorn July 28, 2023
A naked mole rat in laboratory tunnel. The oldest recorded naked mole rat in captivity lived to 39 years old.
animals

The Secrets of the Longest-Living Mammals

Why do mole rats, Brandt's bats, and bowhead whales live so much longer than their relatives?
Roxanne Hoorn July 26, 2023
insects

Podcast: Amazon Night Hikes

Overcoming a fear of our multi-legged friends—at night, in the world's largest tropical rainforest.
The Podcast Team July 26, 2023
J. Robert Oppenheimer, in an undated photo, doing math without looking.
crime

Wonder Is Everywhere: Inside Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos, the End of the Hermit House, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White July 21, 2023
animals

Podcast: Face to Face

The Atlas Obscura team shares memorable encounters they’ve had with animals—everything from parakeets to a very special opossum.
The Podcast Team July 20, 2023
We asked readers to share their most magical encounters with wild animals, such as Madeleine Oh's story of playing with a baby fox.
monkeys

9 Incredible Wild Animal Encounters From Our Readers

From playing tag with sea lions to holding hands with an orangutan.
Sarah Durn July 18, 2023
Rama’s Bridge between India and Sri Lanka figures in ancient myths, and can be seen from space, in this case captured from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994.
maps

Sea Cucumber Crime Is a Thing, and This Is Where It’s Happening

A "seafood mafia" is plying the waters between India and Sri Lanka to satisfy China's appetite for an increasingly rare delicacy.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think July 7, 2023
An adult male orangutan contemplates his next move in haze produced by Indonesia’s 2015 wildfires.
science

Wildfire Smoke Changes Orangutan Calls in Borneo

During massive fires in Indonesia, the critically endangered primates' voices provided clues to their overall health.
Wendy Erb July 3, 2023
Kiama is one of about a dozen white rhinos at Disney Animal Kingdom, where caretakers work to keep the animals happy and healthy.
science

Disney's Animal Kingdom Rhinos Are the 'Real Housewives' of Orlando

Keeping the gossipy big animals healthy and happy means spa days and spritzes of cologne.
Karuna Eberl June 15, 2023
If you happen to be in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, grab a book for your next hike from this little free library inside a 110-year-old black cottonwood tree.
nature

7 Books to Inspire Your Next Nature Adventure

From a hilarious dive into animal lawbreakers to a harrowing true crime tale in the Shenandoah Valley.
Sarah Durn June 13, 2023
Data from NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat, show elevation across Antarctica. The low elevations on the left side show how the Weddell and Ross Seas were one connected.
maps

Octopuses (and Their DNA) Suggest Antarctica Will Melt Again

Two geographically separate populations of cute cephalopods once mated a very long time ago.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think June 9, 2023