These groups are working to save bees and butterflies on the brink. Here's how you can help the pollinators
CNN - You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct since 1950, and dozens more are on the verge of extinction according to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conser...
Dec 05, 2024
'Great enigma': Amateur archaeologists unearth mysterious Roman object
CNN - Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but mystery surrounds what it was actually used for. The 12-sided object is one of just 33 known to exist in Roman Britain, and one of approximately 130 in the world. It is considered "one of archaeology's gre...
Apr 30, 2024
A sea otter pup found alone in Alaska has a new home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium
CHICAGO (AP) - An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. He is Pup EL2306 - proper name to be determined - a northern sea otter who was found alone and malnourished in the remote town of Seldovia in October and taken to the Alaska SeaLife Cent...
Dec 13, 2023
Gigantic skull of prehistoric sea monster found on England's 'Jurassic Coast'
CNN - The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets about these awe-inspiring creatures. Pliosaurs dominated the oceans at a time when dinosaurs roamed the land. The unearthed...
Dec 13, 2023
TSA's 2024 canine calendar will melt your travelin' heart
(CNN)- It's not often that the words "TSA" and "adorable" come together in the same sentence. Long lines, discarded items, a sometimes-grumpy atmosphere - not much to love there. But those two words are a natural pairing when it comes the Transportation Security Administration's annual canine calend...
Nov 29, 2023