As Shakespeare wrote in Romeo & Juliet, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.”He was right that words may change, but the appearance or physical features of the object in question will not...
You can read as many books as you like about animals in the wild, or watch dozens of documentaries on television, but nothing compares to seeing those very animals where they belong.But with a safari trip out of the question for the vast majority of people, there is only one solution - the zoo.When I was a child, the zoo was a fantastic place filled with wonder around every corner and excitement at every turn...
For the author of Moby-Duck , Donovan Hohn, it all started with a school assignment. In 2008, he challenged his journalism class to find the "archaeology of the ordinary." A student, known to be a bit of an odd one, wrote his assignment on his lucky rubber duck...
Last week, the science community was set a-buzz with a new study that showcased the unique relationship between salamanders and algae. The research, done by Ryan Kerney at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, found that spotted salamander tissues contained algae embedded within them...
Whenever someone finds out I'm an identical twin, one question is always asked. "So, who's older?" No matter which one of us is asked, my brother Daniel and I will always repeat the same answer we've given hundreds, if not thousands, of times before...
February is the month of love, and with Valentine’s Day behind us, it is only natural to feel a certain affection for those that were sadly alone on this year’s February the 14th...
"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"—Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark Let's face it. Snakes are not most people's favorite animals.
Extinction, as any child in elementary school knows, is forever—never again shall we see the likes of the dodo, Tasmanian tiger, or passenger pigeon.
