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May 17, 2024 | atlasobscura.com | Hannah Tomasy |Sarah Brown |Stefan Lovgren |Shoshi Parks

The diminutive coquí guajón, or Puerto Rican rock frog, lives in the southeastern part of the island. In honor of Endangered Species Day, held each year on the third Friday of May, we found some of the world’s most elusive creatures in the Atlas Obscura archive. Meet Puerto Rico’s wide-eyed frogs, Finland’s freshwater seals, and Indonesia’s singing dogs—and the scientists and citizens working to protect them.

Aug 25, 2023 | atlasobscura.com | Ashley Stimpson |Hannah Tomasy |James Hall |Jennifer Holland

Spotted skunks perform impressive handstands to appear twice their size and ward off would-be predators. Like most of the world, we here at Atlas Obscura have a soft spot for adorable animals. But we’re also entranced by the weirdest ones: the rare, the quirky, the curious, the overlooked, the unloved, the so-ugly-they’re-cute.