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Researchers in an inflatable boat prepare to tag a bull shark they have flipped on its back, inducing tonic immobility. Science cannot yet explain why many species seem to go into a trance in this position.
science

To Track Bull Sharks, First Hit Their Snooze Button

For these researchers in Southern Africa, tagging the apex predators starts with putting them in trancelike tonic immobility.
Ryan Truscott September 20, 2023
The pekapeka-tou-poto, found only in New Zealand, is also known as the lesser short-tailed bat.
science

The Race to Save the Pekapeka-Tou-Poto, New Zealand's Unique Bat

For scientists, monitoring the feisty, endangered burrowing bat includes moments of "actual madness."
Monica Evans September 14, 2023
Osby, Sweden

'Apan och Kaninen' ('Bunny and Monkey')

These massive animal sculptures were constructed as part of a reality TV show challenge.
Churchill, Manitoba

Shipwreck of the MV Ithaka

The rusting hulk of a 250-foot-long merchant vessel remains where she grounded on the shore of Hudson Bay.
Our first place winner is Mark Yuan's photograph of an Allen's hummingbird drinking water droplets in Fremont, California.
animals

Our Final Summer Snaps Photo Contest Winners: Wildlife

For the last days of summer, we're going au naturel!
Winnie Lee September 12, 2023
Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Otto the Otter

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.
In Rome, students can still learn to be gladiators.
music

13 Surprising Things You Didn’t Learn in Your Regular Old School

(And one weird skill that you probably did, for some reason.)
April White September 8, 2023
These industrious beetles can live up to a few years without food, and rarely need water, making them unfortunately easy pets.
objects of intrigue

The Living, Breathing Brooches of the Yucatán

The live, jewel-encrusted beetles called maquechs are tied to an ancient legend, but some worry for their future.
Roxanne Hoorn September 7, 2023
nature

Podcast: Animal Encounters - Face to Face Yet Again

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 6, 2023
Conway, South Carolina

L.W. Paul Living History Museum

Get some farm-to-table history at this living history museum, where you’ll learn what farm life was like a hundred years ago.
A <em>bouquiniste</em>, or traditional seller of vintage and antique books, on the bank of the Seine in Paris in August 2023.
islands

Wonder Is Everywhere: The Island of Cows, a Parisian Bookseller Revolt, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White September 1, 2023
Meeteetse, Wyoming

Meeteetse Museum

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.
science

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.
animals

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 August 29, 2023
The eruption of a volcano on Spain’s La Palma island took a toll on nearby fish.
volcanoes

Volcanoes Kill Fish In Many Gruesome Ways

From bubbly eyeballs to internal bleeding, eruptions can have deadly consequences for marine animals.
Chris Baraniuk August 28, 2023
Spotted skunks perform impressive handstands to appear twice their size and ward off would-be predators.
science

10 Tales of the World’s Quirkiest Animals

A celebration of curious, overlooked, and misunderstood creatures.
April White August 25, 2023
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Back Alley Arctic

A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.
A chestnut-sided warbler.
nature

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