Wednesday, April 24, 2019
There were few bright spots during the Great Depression, but in some parts of the Midwest, the sun barely shone at all. Why? Dust clouds swirled the plains for years, shrinking visibility to thr...
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
Spider lore is a tangled web of lies and exaggerations.
These eight-legged wonders rarely bite humans, and even fewer are actually poisonous. They are more Charlotte’s Web than Arachnophobia....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Let’s get one thing straight: Possums live in Australia.
Opossums are the sharp-toothed, pointy-nosed, long-tailed weirdos you’ll find hanging off a branch in your backyard. Or scurrying acr...
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Monday, February 4, 2019
If you’re like most people, the thought of a roach is enough to make you shiver. From their shiny, lacquered bodies to their spiny legs, roaches are just gross. They scurry and stowaway in the d...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
With over a million insect species scurrying the Earth, we humans deal with our fair share of creepy crawlies. But during the super-sized age of the dinosaurs, pests were so much worse.
We’re...
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