picks As Amazon burns, Trump wants to log world's largest intact temperate rainforest in Alaska Xeni Jardin

Environment Clear-cut tropical forest revitalized with industrial orange peel waste Andrea James

animals Freaky electric blue tarantula species identified in Thailand David Pescovitz

Science Incredible video of orangutan building a hammock Ruben Bolling

Science Evidence of hominins building wooden structures half a million years ago Ruben Bolling

delightful creatures A wild bear sauntered into Disney World, forcing a partial shut down Carla Sinclair

Science Backyard astronomer captures astonishing video of huge fireball whacking into Jupiter (video) David Pescovitz

science Earth now way outside "safe operating space for humanity," says new report Carla Sinclair

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

places The Plotz Plot is the first place in the Atlas Obscura database that was created by Atlas Obscura itself Popkin

Weird Legendary wolf man photographed in German forest David Pescovitz

Environment Woman given maximum fine for walking into Australian airport with a rose Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Testicles in a jar (and China's invasion of America) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art The magical miniature critters and stop-motion animations of Chloe Bensinger Popkin

animals Drunk raccoons ransacking German homes David Pescovitz

maui Lahaina's historic Banyan tree may survive Jason Weisberger

No room in the drug culture for amateurs Kambo: the new age frog poison killing people and the rainforest Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures A thieving monkey steals a woman's purse, so she steals it right back Carla Sinclair

rescues Border patrol find 7 spider monkeys crammed into a backpack (video) Carla Sinclair