Lake Champlain is the defining feature of Burlington, VT, although the body of water is large enough that it’s also the defining feature of quite a few other places as well, but perhaps most... »

Fascinating Fauna, Unusual Monuments | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Our tragic romance with the stories of those on the RMS Titanic has led to intense research on every passenger that walked upon its decks. Some of those passengers walked them on four legs, and... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Memento Mori | Edited by Rachel and Seth Teicher

Touted as the largest cylindrical fish tank in the world - 25 meters high and 12 meters in diameter, the Aquadom is a sight to behold. It contains over 1 million litres of water, a coral reef, and... »

Fascinating Fauna, Odd Accommodations, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Burt, Rachel and others

If there was one thing that Professor Ueno could count on, it was the sight of his loyal companion patiently waiting for him as he stepped off the train every evening after his commute. Every day... »

Fascinating Fauna, Hunting and Taxidermy, Strange Statues | Edited by Rachel

At the Parthenon in Athens, Greece in 1850, a tiny owlet fell from its nest and into the hands of wicked children. The tiny bird was spotted by a young woman who, sure it was about to be tortured... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy | Edited by Rachel, Annetta and others

Imagine this: Walking along a pristine, uninhabited, unspoiled beach, the only sound is the waves crashing upon the shore, when you hear another less familiar sound that catches you off guard. The... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by TrevorShawnElia, Rachel and others

While most visitors to the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park are ogling the albino alligator, those in the know are looking through the over 300,000 specimens from 166 countries... »

Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by Tre, Annetta and others

Held in a custom-made acrylic tank filled with a 10% solution of formol-saline, the giant squid at the center of the London Natural History Museum Spirit Collection was caught off the coast of the... »

Watery Wonders, Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by Annetta, Rachel and others

In 1978, two men were hunting for arrowheads along the Bosque River in Waco, Texas, and came upon a curiously large bone. When they took it to be examined at the nearby Baylor University, they... »

Fascinating Fauna, Natural History | Edited by allison

When a wave of B virus swept through the monkey population in Puerto Rico's Caribbean Primate Research Center in 1979, a few hundred rhesus monkeys were shipped to an island off South Carolina's... »

Fascinating Fauna | Edited by atimian