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Hunting

Stewed gibnut with rice and cole slaw.

Gibnut

A “royal rat” that's fit for a queen.

Pacific Razor Clams

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.

Smoked puffin with blueberry sauce.

Smoked Puffin

This controversial meat is ingrained in ancient Nordic culture.

Grizzly bear 399 and three of her cubs.

Why These Grizzly-Loving Women Entered a Lottery to Hunt Grizzlies

Inside the environmental protest sweeping Wyoming.

Cara Giaimo August 20, 2018

The Great Auk Sculpture.

Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Great Auk Sculpture at Fogo Island

A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

Muktuk

In Inuit cultures, using the whole whale is an act of respect, including consuming its blubber and skin.

Clockwise from top right: potatoes, whale meat, and dried fish, with blubber in the center.

Tvøst og Spik

A Faroese dish that includes pilot whale meat and blubber, this traditional food requires weeks of preparation.

Hunting blind.

Winter Park, Colorado

Rollins Pass Game Traps

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

Moose Muffle Stew

The animal's nose and upper lip make a savory, umami-rich soup.

Sheep graze the Regal Ruins.

Nottinghamshire, England

King John's Palace Ruins

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

Seal Flipper Pie

A Newfoundland tradition that comes with history and controversy.

Casa de Fusta.

Casa de Fusta

This Canadian hunting lodge is a long way from home.

Statue of Brighty the Burro at the South Rim building.

The Life and Times of Brighty, the Grand Canyon's Most Legendary Burro

He was a muse, a good luck charm, and the center of a controversy over invasive species.

Erin Van Rheenen May 3, 2018

Blink and you'll miss it.

Found: The Fastest-Spinning Animal in the World

Flattie spiders can do the equivalent of a triple axel in the blink of an eye.

Vittoria Traverso February 12, 2018

Casina Vanvitelliana and pier.

Casina Vanvitelliana

The Bourbon royal family had this unique octagonal hunting "cottage" built on a tiny islet in Lake Fusaro.

An agouti roasts over a modern-day boucan.

Boucan

This grill defined a new breed of pirates.

A child from the Jahai tribe in Royal Belum Park.

Why Hunter-Gatherers Excel at Identifying Food Smells

Does your language have a word for "bloody smell that attracts tigers"?

Paula Mejia January 23, 2018

Many arrows and throwing darts were lost during caribou hunts in Yukon.

Found: A Rare, 1,000-Year-Old Copper Arrowhead

It is one of the earliest examples of copper metallurgy ever found in Yukon.

Vittoria Traverso January 22, 2018