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top talent Wakka Wakka's latest magical puppetry production, Dead as a Dodo, starting its USA South Tour in October Jennifer Sandlin

art Harold Fisk's stunning 1944 maps show how the Mississippi River changed course over thousands of years Popkin

Science Colossal exaggeration — scientist admits "dire wolves" are just big gray wolves Gail Sherman

Science Company markets "T. Rex leather" made with fossilized collagen Gail Sherman

Science Scientists cry foul on Colossal's "de-extincted Dire Wolf" claim Gail Sherman

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This hodgepodge of animal bones became a legendary cryptid Popkin

paleontology Meet Yana, the well-preserved 50,000-year-old baby mammoth, just unveiled in Russia Allan Rose Hill

animals New York resident finds 11,000-year-old mastodon jaw in backyard Allan Rose Hill

recipes How to make Elvis's famous Fool's Gold sandwich: The King's 8,000-calorie obsession Ellsworth Toohey

paleontology 35,000-year-old body of saber-toothed kitten preserved in permafrost Rob Beschizza

when coyotes act like coyotes Tourist tries to befriend coyote — [chomp] — and learns painful lesson: "Ow! You motherf*cker!" (video) Carla Sinclair