More from Margherita Bassi (Page 3)

a weedy seadragon swimming. they have long snouts and raised backs

Weedy seadragons in the running for nature’s best dads

By Margherita Bassi

a baby skunk is held by a person wearing blue latex gloves

Rescued baby skunks enjoy a good song

By Margherita Bassi

a male river otter standing on snow

Escaped river otter takes his destiny into his own (tiny) hands

By Margherita Bassi

fuzzy, orange-ish rodent in a person gloved hand

A baby porcupine is fluffier than you’d imagine

By Margherita Bassi

Side view of a two-seat, Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter fighter plane on an airfield during World War I, mid to late 1910s. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Volunteers spent 25 years building a WWI replica plane. It just took flight.

By Margherita Bassi

a violinist poses with his violin next to a pond with turtles

Turtles gather for sweet sounds of violinist

By Margherita Bassi

white fava beans

Why fava beans taste gross (and how scientists want to fix them)

By Margherita Bassi

Photogrammetric reconstruction of the submarine USS F-1 on the seafloor west of San Diego, California.

108-year-old submarine wreck seen in stunning detail in new footage

By Margherita Bassi

a turtle with a large hole in its shell

Turtle’s mysterious injury caused by a golf ball

By Margherita Bassi

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation

This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

two birds with black and white plumage with dots of yellow or blue feathers neat their beaks sit near a nest

Male hornbills are at their mates’ every beck and call

By Margherita Bassi

a bird sits in several paper towels forming a circular donut-shaped nest

Why a ‘donut’ can help injured birds

By Margherita Bassi

a black and white snake with two heads

Rare two-headed snake is surprisingly thriving

By Margherita Bassi

thousands of birds take to the sky

Weather radar picks up over 1 million migrating birds

By Margherita Bassi

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