Cara Giaimo's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Cara Giaimo

former staff writer, forever fan // @cjgiaimo // caragiaimo (at) gmail (dot) com

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Go Tour This Digitized Island Full of Birds

Terning and terning in the widening gyre.

The Island That Keeps Eating Itself

Nishinoshima grows and grows, and all we can do is watch.

This Uninhabited Island Is Home to the Highest Lighthouse in Scotland

The last resident left Barra Island in 1980, but a tireless beacon remains.

burning questions

What Is an Island, Exactly?

And other impossible questions.

Alex the Honking Bird May Be the First Interspecies YouTube Celebrity

The distinctively voiced cockatiel has earned both human and avian fans.

Secret Underground Water Stores May Help Trees Survive Droughts

According to a new study of "rock moisture," bedrock is a lot wetter than expected.

From Turtles to Whales, Marine Animals Have the Same Moves

With the help of remote tracking devices, scientists are deducing the choreography of the sea.

February 26, 2018

Try the Chips of the Future, Today

Chirps chips come in several flavors, are extremely tasty, and just happen to be made out of crickets.

February 26, 2018

Don't Just Wipe Your Face—Write a Poem!

A recently resuscitated online literary journal is dedicated to the humble napkin.

February 23, 2018

Watch a Trail Guide Take an Eerie Walk Through a Flooded Nature Preserve

When the clear waters of a Brazilian river overflowed earlier this month, it made for movie magic.

February 22, 2018

How American Curling Clubs Ride Out Olympic Fever

Every four years, the country wants to curl.

February 22, 2018

Las Vegas Bunny-Lovers Are Mobilizing to Save Their Feral Friends

Dozens of "dump site rabbits" were recently killed, but local groups have been rescuing the rest.

February 21, 2018

the exit interview

Exit Interview: I Curated Rare Books for a 200-Year-Old Library

In his 47 years at the Boston Athenaeum, Stanley Cushing has handled everything from a magnetic "Squid Book” to an autobiography bound in its author’s skin.

February 19, 2018

A Museum Dedicated to the 'Last Witch in Europe' Just Got a Million-Dollar Donation

Soon you'll be able to visit the Anna Göldi Museum year-round.

February 19, 2018

environmental disasters

In Massachusetts, an Artist Explores an Old Dye Factory's Toxic Influence

The Ashland-Nyanza Project uses color to promote history and healing.

February 15, 2018

Life Lessons From the Helmeted Honeyeater

This endangered species is learning when to love and when to fear.

February 15, 2018

Irv Teibel's 'Environments' Is Now an App

1970s nature recordings, for the 2018 human on the go.

February 13, 2018

Why Isochrone Maps Are Enjoying a Renaissance

As data sources keep improving, mapmakers keep finding more uses for the 19th-century invention.

February 12, 2018

Can You Identify This Mystery Jurist?

His portrait is in the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, but no one knows who he is.

February 9, 2018

Amateur Astronomers Have Always Been Great at Finding Satellites

A bunch of teens at picnic tables were the first people to track Sputnik I.

February 7, 2018

anthropomorphic

SUE the T. Rex Is Moving

We interviewed everyone's favorite murderbird about their new digs.

February 6, 2018

Winnipeg's Coolest 'Warming Huts' Aren't Huts At All

Every year, architects design new structures to warm the heart and the fingers.

February 5, 2018

A Beautiful Map of Boston's Sewers

It's the perfect day to look at some historic Beantown infrastructure.

February 5, 2018

Researchers in England Are Criss-Crossing Cropland With Wildflowers

They hope to attract helpful bugs.

January 31, 2018