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AO Wants to Know

Jeannette Beranger with a Poitou donkey, her favorite heritage breed.

What Makes Heritage Livestock So Important? AO Wants to Know.

Jeannette Beranger is on a mission to save America’s rarest farm animals from extinction.

Andrew Coletti March 6, 2025

Tomb paintings can tell us a lot about the Ancient Egyptian diet because they often depict food offerings, hunting, and agriculture.

What Did the Ancient Egyptians Eat? AO Wants to Know.

Egyptian archaeologist Mennat-Allah El Dorry digs deep into the diets of the past.

Andrew Coletti February 20, 2025

The 1853 <em>Iguanodon</em> models at London's Crystal Palace (top) look very different from a 2023 reconstruction of the same animal (bottom).

How Can You Spot an Inaccurate Dinosaur? AO Wants to Know.

Steven Bellettini fact-checks our assumptions about prehistoric life.

Andrew Coletti February 6, 2025

A brown rat peeks out from the grass.

What Makes an Animal a Pest? AO Wants to Know.

Animal-human conflict expert Bethany Brookshire explains why we put cats before rats.

Andrew Coletti January 24, 2025