extinct animals Video unveils ancient giants: massive beavers and towering penguin predecessors compared to today's tinier versions Mark Frauenfelder
Science "Cave of Bones" scientist Lee Berger talks about extinct apes that buried their dead and created art Ruben Bolling
Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling
conservation Watch Walter Cronkite announce Pan Am's plans to ground safari hunters (1971) Mark Frauenfelder
books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro
babies Congrats to tortoise couple Mr. and Mrs. Pickles on the arrival of their three hatchlings, Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño Jennifer Sandlin
music This rarely heard guitar solo from Pink Floyd's Animals was only included on the album's 8-Track release David Pescovitz
History Why did Mark Twain hate coyotes? What is the difference between an Opossum and a Possum? Elías Villoro