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From Waiter to Guest at Nantucket’s Grande Dame Hotel
New York Times· 7 hours agoA writer returns to a classic Massachusetts hotel, where he worked 50 years ago, to ponder how he,...
Stone Age humans hunted extinct elephants to eat, camp reveals
Newsweek· 4 days agoArchaeologists have uncovered a prehistoric site in South America where hunter-gatherers butchered a...
How Tonka, Zoo Knoxville's last elephant, made a big impression on generations
Gannett via AOL· 6 days ago“We spent the last week keeping him around the people who are familiar with him. Allowing him to eat...
Animals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNotably, crab shells contain chitosan, which boosts the immune system. When elephants accidentally...
Fact Check: True Story of a South African Farmer Killed by a Wild Hippopotamus He Rescued
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSnopes has previously reported on shocking animal attacks, including our exclusive report on an...
Human Offspring are Not the Only Species That are Expensive!
One Green Planet· 5 days agoDid you know that raising a child in the United States can cost more than $30,000 a year? But,...
Opinion: Why going vegan is a 'manly' thing to do
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut the most powerful land animals — think elephants, oxen, buffaloes and rhinos — build muscle by eating plants. Ancient Romans...takes courage to stand...
Walk with wallabies, kangaroos at Denver Zoo’s brand-new $7.8 million habitat
Denver Post· 4 days ago(Marshmallow’s sunscreen gets its own basket.) Also in the outdoor habitat, but in a different...
‘The Well-Connected Animal’ Review: Social Creatures
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoLots of animals already do, writes Lee Alan Dugatkin, a professor of biology at the University of Louisville. Mr. Dugatkin’s “The Well-Connected Animal”...
401 Fun: The best things to do in Rhode Island, May 24-31 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoThis week: RISD on the runway, Memorial Day festivities, Newportfood, drive-in movies, and more!