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  Azurá Stevens 　　Azurá Stevens (born February 1, 1996, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.) is an American basketball player who is known for her mobility, defensive play, and shooting ability. As a power forward and center for the Chicago Sky, she helped win a WNBA title in 2021. Two years later Stevens led the U.S. team to a gold medal in the 3×3 competition...
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  lo-fi music 　　lo-fi music, genre of music production in which a recording is intentionally rendered to include imperfections, such as harmonic distortion, background noise, or other anomalous sounds. Such irregularities are normally filtered out of professional recordings, since they generally are undesirable. However, some artists have embraced the limitations of low-quality recording, leveraging imperfections as an artistic choice. The term lo-fi is...
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  tarantula hawk 　　tarantula hawk, (genus Pepsis), genus of about 130 species of spider wasps that paralyze spiders to feed their larval young. Tarantula hawks are found on every continent except Europe and Antarctica and are especially common in the southwestern United States through Central America. The tarantula hawk’s sting is said to be one of the most painful insect stings in the...
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  spectacled caiman 　　spectacled caiman, (Caiman crocodilus), species of alligator-like reptiles common to swamps, other wetlands, and waterways in Central America and northern South America. The spectacled caiman takes its name from its most prominent distinguishing feature, a bony ridge between the eyes that resembles the nosepiece of a pair of eyeglasses. The species has adapted to a wide variety of habitats, and...
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  reticulated python 　　 　　reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) coiling around a branch. One individual of this species of Asian python attained a length of 10 meters (32.8 feet).(more)reticulated python, (Malayopython reticulatus), species of giant constricting snake belonging to the python family, Pythonidae, and known for being the longest living snake in the world, with the largest recorded individual measuring 10...
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  Quetzalcoatlus 　　Quetzalcoatlus, genus made up of two species of giant pterosaurs classified in the family Azhdarchidae, which contains some of the largest known flying animals. Both species lived during the Maastrichtian Age (72.1 million to 66 million years ago) of the Cretaceous Period. One of them, Quetzalcoatlus northropi, is widely believed to have been the largest flying creature that ever lived....
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  megamouth shark 　　 　　megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)Schoolchildren looking into the tooth-lined mouth of a 4.2-meter- (13.8-foot-) long preserved megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios) specimen at Tokai University Marine Science Museum in Shizuoka, Japan.(more)megamouth shark, (Megachasma pelagios), species of large filter-feeding sharks inhabiting the continental shelf and open-ocean regions of tropical and temperate oceans worldwide. The species is found between latitudes 40° N and...
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  Burmese python 　　Burmese python, (Python bivittatus), species of constrictor snake that is native to various environments in southern and Southeast Asia, including several islands in Indonesia, and is known for its exceptional size and its environmental adaptability. Burmese pythons inhabit mangrove forests, rainforests, swamps, grasslands, rivers, and rocky areas, in a range extending from Nepal, Bangladesh, northeastern India, and Myanmar (Burma) eastward...
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  Arthropleura 　　Arthropleura, genus of exceptionally large extinct millipede-like arthropods that thrived from the Viséan Age of the Carboniferous Period to the Asselian Age of the Permian Period (346.7 million to 293.52 million years ago) and are known from their fossilized exoskeletons. Members of Arthropleura are the largest known arthropods in Earth’s history, with an estimated length exceeding 2.6 meters (8.5 feet)—roughly...
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  American crocodile 　　 　　American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) basking in the sun in Costa Rica. Usually solitary, the reptiles bask for most of the day and then enter the water during the evening to hunt.(more)American crocodile, (Crocodylus acutus), moderately large species of crocodile inhabiting forests and freshwater environments, as well as brackish and marine intertidal environments, in Florida, Central America,...
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  American alligator 　　American alligator, (Alligator mississippiensis), species of alligator inhabiting freshwater rivers, lakes, and swamps and brackish waters in the Southern U.S. and northeastern Mexico. The alligator’s geographic range extends from the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas northeastward to Oklahoma and Arkansas and eastward through the Gulf Coast to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The species is...
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  These 8 Buildings Will Make You See Norway in a New Light 　　 　　 Norway, by some estimates, is two-thirds mountainous, and about half of its population lives in the south of the country, where its capital, Oslo, is located. These eight contemporary buildings will give you another lens through which to see this Scandinavian country. 　　Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must...
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  The Largest Islands in the World 　　 　　 Quite a few islands around the world are very large, and many of them are countries. Australia is technically an island because it is unconnected to any other body of land, but it is more commonly considered a continental landmass. Of the seven continents, Australia is the smallest, at 2,969,976 square miles, or 7,692,202 square kilometers. However,...
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  Swedish History Is Evident in These 14 Buildings 　　 　　 Sweden’s history as a sovereign state stretches back a thousand years, though its boundaries were often changing until the early 19th century. These 14 buildings provide useful snapshots of how the country’s distant past has influenced its more recent history. 　　Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See...
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  St. Louis: 10 Claims to Fame 　　 　　Sure, you’ve seen Meet Me in St. Louis and might even know all about Chuck Berry, Cardinals baseball, and St. Louis blues music. But the Gateway to the West is known for much more than that—much more, even, than we can cover in a short list. We can try, though! Here, in no particular order, are...
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  See the Variety of Russian Architecture in These 18 Buildings 　　Russia is the world’s largest country by area, with great variety in its land and people. Its architectural heritage is equally varied, as these 18 buildings demonstrate. 　　Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. 　　All-Russia Exhibition CenterJoseph Stalin...
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  Seattle: 10 Claims to Fame 　　 　　As a metropolis with a number of prominent cultural associations, Seattle has a tendency to be reduced to only its best-known attractions when referred to by the mass media. However, the Emerald City is much more than rain, Microsoft, the Space Needle, and people throwing fish at Pike Place Market (a practice that suspiciously tends to...
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  Portugal Is Home to These 17 Inspiring Buildings 　　 　　 Legend holds that Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, was founded by the ancient Greek hero Odysseus. Although these 17 buildings might not be quite as fantastical as that claim, they will delight you just the same. 　　Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, edited by Mark...
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  Pennsylvania Wants to Show You These 6 Places 　　 　　Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Independence Hall, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, and the Allegheny County Courthouse are just a few of the buildings that tell the story of Pennsylvania. 　　Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. 　　Fallingwater 　　 　　Frank...
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  Malta: 8 Claims to Fame 　　 　　The island of Malta, situated between Sicily and Africa in the central Mediterranean Sea, is one of five islands that constitute the country of Malta. Of the other four islands—Gozo, Comino, Kemmunett (Comminotto), and Filfla—only the first two are inhabited. As a result of Malta’s strategic location, Maltese society has been molded by centuries of foreign rule...

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