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9 Places to Unearth Costa Rica’s Hidden Wonders

Beyond the beaches and volcanos exists a wild and quirky wonderland.

Sponsored by Visit Costa Rica

Monteverde, Costa Rica

Reserva Curi Cancha

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

The Chernobyl Disaster Created an Unexpected Predator Paradise

In a corner of Belarus, wolves and lynx thrive as a new and surprising ecosystem evolves in the wake of disaster.

Wojciech Mikołuszko August 30, 2023

Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve in Texas.

How to Go Bat-Watching

Once the sun goes down, these furry fliers get active. You can spot them almost anywhere you go, if you know how to look.

Casey Langton May 27, 2024

Spotted skunks perform impressive handstands to appear twice their size and ward off would-be predators.

10 Tales of the World’s Quirkiest Animals

A celebration of curious, overlooked, and misunderstood creatures.

April White August 25, 2023

What Are These Strange Towers Growing Out of This Lake? | Untold Earth

A chestnut-sided warbler.

Find More Birds Wherever You Are With These Birding Basics

Author and birding enthusiast Heather Wolf shares her favorite tips for finding our feathered friends.

Heather Wolf August 24, 2023

An Indian eagle owl in the French Pyrenees.

Go Wild! Share Your Favorite Animal Pictures and Win!

We want to see your wildlife encounters, for Atlas Obscura’s next Summer Snaps photo contest.

Winnie Lee August 22, 2023

Wild bluebells, native to the area, are thriving once more on Eoghan Daltun's land on Ireland's Beara Peninsula.

Rewilding His Corner of Ireland's Beara Peninsula Is One Man's Labor of Love

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.

Rory Carroll August 21, 2023

<em>Orfelia fultoni</em> are the only bioluminescent fly species in North America, and the larvae produce the bluest light in the insect world.

Meet the Glowing 'Worms' of the American South

There is a lot to learn about Orfelia fultoni, the only bioluminescent fly in North America, but its larvae put on a show.

Maggie Gigandet August 18, 2023

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.

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

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.

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.

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 October 11, 2023

A solo great white shark near Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.

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