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Hummingbird Day_PHOTO
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (196+ words) Hummingbirds will be the focus of the day when the Shawnee Chapter Illinois Audubon Society hosts its annual Hummingbird Day on Saturday, July 25, at the War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Golconda. Hummingbird Day returning to Golconda sanctuary GOLCONDA, Ill. â…...
When elephants play, they rapidly copy one another’s trunk and head movements — a form of bodily mimicry resembling the contagious smiles and laughter seen in humans
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (842+ words) Elephants at play do more than chase, spar and wrestle with their trunks. In a study of African savannah elephants, a player that saw a companion perform a...
Scientists just discovered a lost branch of Australia’s marsupials
13+ hour, 53+ min ago (1082+ words) A newly identified branch of the marsupial family tree is adding a surprising twist to the history of Australia's most distinctive mammals. The finding suggests that their evolution was more complicated, and more mysterious, than scientists previously understood. Marsupials first…...
The device detecting the world’s deadliest creature
15+ hour, 57+ min ago (814+ words) July 19, 2026 — 1:50pm To some, it’s just annoying, but to others, it marks the chilling call of the world’s deadliest creature: the buzz of a mosquito. In an effort to slash the extraordinary death toll wreaked by the insects, a University of…...
Agric. & Environment: NEMA demolishes controversial Lake Vic
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (120+ words) NewVision.co.ug NEMA demolishes controversial Lake Victoria perimeter wall Speaking at the site on Friday, NEMA senior public relations officer William Lubuulwa said the exercise forms part of the authority's nationwide environmental restoration campaign. Help us improve! We're always…...
Opinion: Who we become — after the water recedes
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (446+ words) Some places are remembered for the buildings they raised. Others are remembered for the battles they fought. After the past two weeks, I have come to believe that the Wyoming Valley — that Luzerne County — is remembered for something else entirely....
How the 'Yellowstone effect' transformed one rugged western American city
20+ hour, 3+ min ago (1594+ words) The rugged beauty of Montana has attracted the rich and famous Grandmother Sara Folger sits in the kitchen of her single-wide trailer, the Rocky Mountains looming in the distance, and remembers the Bozeman, Montana she fell in love with decades…...
FALCON CAM: And Then... There Was One - Final Chick Remains in Nest
21+ hour, 7+ min ago (494+ words) I checked in on the Minnesota DNR FalconCam this morning, and our little falcon family is getting smaller. Only one chick remains in the nest box, and after watching for a while, I’m not convinced this youngster is quite ready…...
First Close-Up Images Reveal Shackleton’s Lost Ship on the Ocean Floor
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (493+ words) More than a century after Ernest Shackleton last walked its deck, his final ship has emerged from the darkness at the bottom of the Labrador Sea....
Paragon Casino Welcomes Rare Albino Alligators to Resort Habitat
22+ hour, 18+ min ago (461+ words) Forget the newest slot machine or the hottest table game. The latest attraction at Louisiana’s Paragon Casino Resort is a pair of exceptionally rare albino alligators. Owned and operated by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Paragon is welcoming two new…...