Today's episode plays a bit like a natural history whodunit. This is the tale of an endangered bird, the forces that hunted it to extinction, and the cat that got blamed for everything. Who really killed the Stephens Island wren?

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Due to circumstances related to the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, Museum of Natural Mystery will tentatively be switching to a once-a-month update schedule.

Dogs: mankind’s constant companions. They love us, and we love them. Anyone with a dog knows that the bond runs deeper than owner and pet. It’s a symbiotic relationship that predates the domestication of cats, livestock, and even crops. Before we invented agriculture, math, or written language, we invented the dog.

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Today, we spotlight Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan: a South African paleobiologist who is out there proving that while dinosaurs might be extinct, paleontology is still very much alive.

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Is Bigfoot a missing link? A feral human? A hoax? Today’s Museum of Natural Mystery examines Bigfoot’s arrival in the public eye, and it’s evasion of that eye ever since.

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What was the first dinosaur to be called a dinosaur? Turns out, the answer's not so simple. Museum of Natural Mystery returns for Season 2!

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What was the Soay Island Sea Monster? Fear and sensationalism can make monsters out of any creature, but some animals don't need help from tall tales to be terrifying.

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“Find new species and catalogue them.” That’s the driving force behind natural history. It’s also the prime directive of Pokemon. The game franchise is steeped in exploration and taxonomy, and nowhere is this more evident than in the player’s ability to collect fossils and revive prehistoric beasts. Today: real-world animals that inspired fossil Pokemon!

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It's unusual for someone whose entire career is built on studying bones to have their own skeleton become the subject of adventure and controversy, but that's exactly what happened to Edward Drinker Cope after the Bone Wars. He met a bitter and destitute end, but his bones continued to travel America 100 years after his death.

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During WWI, a specialized unit of women came together to defend Mother Russia in her darkest hour. Deadly. Fearless. Prepared to die for their country. They were ready for war, but was the war ready for them?

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