Two biologists took a golfer's rangefinder and a sound meter to 123 bird species. A snow-white bellbird with a bare blue-green throat came back above 120 decibels.
Bare-throated Bellbird
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New species · Bolivia
The little spotted cat that hid in plain sight
A kitten found beside a Bolivian road was raised on noodles and rice. A decade later, its kind became the first new wild cat species described since 1923. Meet the tilcayo.
Tilcayo Tiger Cat
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Spaceflight · Crew-13
The crocheted dragon that told Crew-13 they had reached space
On the first US astronaut mission numbered 13 since Apollo 13, the crew's zero-g indicator was a golden dragon crocheted by hand, with a four-leaf clover around its neck. Its name is Lucky.
Lucky the Zero-G Dragon
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