madagascar Why Madagascar is the world's largest vanilla producer Miss Cellania

hotel Chameleons, unseen for over a century, chillin' back at the hotel Kevin Reome

police Police discover over 10,000 endangered tortoises jammed into one small house Séamus Bellamy

music Listen to valiha music, official instruments of Madagascar Andrea James

music Enjoy the musical stylings of Poopy Andrea James

corruption In Madagascar, pineapple jokes are a form of dangerous, soon-to-be-banned dissent Cory Doctorow

Science The emergence of science hacking in Madagascar Ariel Waldman

babies Congrats to tortoise couple Mr. and Mrs. Pickles on the arrival of their three hatchlings, Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño Jennifer Sandlin

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

photography This horrific close-up of an ant's face is freaking people out David Pescovitz

pesky protests Things got creepy in a New York courtroom when someone released hundreds of cockroaches Carla Sinclair

comedy Let's have a serious talk about piracy, folks Devin Nealy

art Plastover: celebrate Passover by giving up single-use plastic David Pescovitz

reptiles This may be the tiniest reptile in the world David Pescovitz

colonialism How a 19th-century slave kickstarted the world's vanilla-farming market Clive Thompson

plants This is the ugliest orchid in the world David Pescovitz

Science Scientific paper about being bitten by a weird snake Rob Beschizza

chocolate A Tesla engineer redesigned the chocolate chip Rusty Blazenhoff

dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn

trump US Treasury goes after Russia troll farm founder's planes and yachts Xeni Jardin