3+ hour ago  (1843+ words) Two decades ago this summer, a bottlenose dolphin made international headlines after he was spotted swimming through Sarasota Bay wearing an extra-large men's Speedo. The dolphin, named Scrappy, was found caught in the swimsuit, unable to escape as the fabric…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (808+ words) In 1961, scientists pinned their hopes for space travel on a 4-year-old chimpanzee named Ham, loading him aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket, strapping on a NASA helmet and launching him 157 miles above the Earth. For 16 minutes, Ham the Astrochimp zoomed through space…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (391+ words) No live show today " just a new episode of This American Character. This one is about Theodore Roosevelt before he became the symbol of courage most Americans remember. Before the Rough Rider, before the presidency, before the "strenuous life," he…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (309+ words) A group of bottlenose dolphins follow a bottom otter trawler in the waters of Marche, Italy. ( Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation (House Bill 1320) increasing the state's weekly unemployment compensation. The new lawmakes the following changes to weekly benefit payouts:…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (991+ words) This story was originally published in July 2021. It takes a lot of work to make a hummingbird. Small wonder that you haven't seen the females very much this summer. But that should all be changing right about now. Ruby-throated hummingbirds…...

1+ week ago  (1208+ words) The rolling terrain formed waves, flowing for miles across the prairie. It was an ocean, minus the water. In its place was sagebrush, sagebrush and more sagebrush. It was truly a sagebrush sea. I was standing on a hillside near…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (659+ words) More than 1, 400 acres of vacant, mostly forested land are being protected near a well-known wildlife refuge to prevent sprawl that is advancing along the South Carolina coast from Charleston toward Georgetown. The Lowcountry Land Trust said it has secured agreements…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1470+ words) Winding through dense forests and wetlands in the southwest corner of Grand Teton National Park, the 7. 1-mile Moose-Wilson Road offers incredible wildlife viewing opportunities as moose, bears and other critters forage nearby. The road is narrow and heavily trafficked, which…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (735+ words) The president has often praised, and even compared himself favorably, to Roosevelt, declaring in 2020 that he was, "The number one environmental president since Teddy Roosevelt." Trump began his second term by trumpeting construction of the Panama Canal during the Roosevelt…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (814+ words) By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, A series of eight donated watercolors will take one of Maine's most popular lumber museums into a new era. "In order to grow we need to branch out and we are testing the waters," said Dottie…...