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Skeletons are for more than Halloween | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI have written before about the perfect Halloween-appropriate coffee table book. “The Skeleton Revealed: An Illustrated Tour of the Vertebrates” by Steve...
'Hostilities began in an extremely violent way': How chimp wars taught us murder and cruelty aren't...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCan chimpanzees wage war? In this excerpt from "The Beast Within: Human as Animals," scientific...
Robert I. ‘Ric’ Cottom Jr., historian, author and WYPR commentator, dies
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRobert I. “Ric” Cottom Jr., an esteemed historian, author and publisher who entertained WYPR for more than two decades with his historical vignettes, died of coronary artery disease May 31 at ...
Most of the world's animals lay eggs | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoQ. When we studied high school biology, our teacher said more than 99% of animals lay eggs and only a few give live birth. That percentage seems too...
American media wants to save democracy. Is it helping?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn recent years, a pronounced pro-democracy movement has been gathering strength inside U.S. media...
Wartime legend of ‘Tokyo Rose’ sent a Japanese American woman to prison in 1949
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoAmerican soldiers fighting World War II in the Pacific called her “Tokyo Rose.” Each night, a...
How do you pick up a porcupine? | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt age 3, my grandson Nicholas asked me, "Grandpa, how do you pick up a porcupine?" Oh my, I thought at the time, I wonder why he wants to know. The...
How many kinds of parrots are there? | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoQ. While traveling through southern Florida, we saw a flock of green birds that looked like parrots. What could they have been? Aren’t parrots restricted...
Asheville-area doctor, STD video star tapped by US officials to fight syphilis epidemic
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDr. Shannon Dowler of Madison County is a nationally known expert on sexually transmitted diseases....
Chinese Year of the Rabbit brings many questions | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Chinese Year of the Rabbit, 2023, arrived in January. I do not propose a cause-and-effect...