australia Psst…. don't tell this adorable lil' tree kangaroo that he's got avocado all over his snout Jennifer Sandlin

bug Peppermint-stick insect: the mint-spraying rainforest bug Popkin

Science Fairytale mushrooms cause "lilliputian hallucinations" of tiny people Gail Sherman

politics How Serbian activists used humor to topple a dictator Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Villagers learn truth of horrific mystery monster corpse found in forest Allan Rose Hill

animals Video of mystery animal seen in West Virginia park Allan Rose Hill

mysteries Mysterious creature with wings and horns caught on zoo trailcam Allan Rose Hill

photography Wildlife photographer snaps image of mysterious hairy beast that turned out to be something even odder Allan Rose Hill

Weird Bizarre mystery mermaid-like creature washed up in Papua New Guinea David Pescovitz

Science The Rainbow Eucalyptus is the world's most colorful tree Popkin

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animals Newly discovered sharks that walk are the "youngest" shark species on Earth David Pescovitz

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

Business Understanding "transfer pricing": how corporations dodge taxes through financial colonialism Cory Doctorow

darkness visible The wild physics of superblack "bird of paradise" feathers Clive Thompson

Science The Atlantic: "Forty Years Later, the Golden Record Goes Vinyl" David Pescovitz

fake news Russian sex toys, flying dinosaurs, and Barbara Bush's missing toes, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics The long, racist history of Brexiteer Boris Johnson, the new UK Foreign Secretary Cory Doctorow