WACO, Texas (KWTX) – With an increase in visitor numbers expected at Lake Waco over Labor Day weekend, park rangers have safety tips for visitors planning to visit the lake. “We hope they come and celebrate, keeping safety first,” said Cara Neimeitz, ranger at Lake Waco Park. The most important thing is to wear a […]
The purple martin is the largest of all living North American swallow species. getty While the coastal city of Charleston was South Carolina’s capital in 1776, the Palmetto State developed plans for a centralized capital shortly after U.S. independence – and so the city of Columbia was officially opened in 1786. Nearly a century later, […]
VERONA – Epic’s user group meeting offers thousands of attendees a themed surprise each year, so it was no surprise when founder Judy Faulkner appeared onstage at the company’s Deep Space Auditorium on Tuesday dressed as “Lady Swan,” a variation on Mother Goose and fitting into a larger narrative motif. What may have surprised the […]
The NFL is doing a lot of things right, especially when it comes to game scheduling. Big games are generally broadcast in prime time or late afternoon to get maximum exposure. Of course, the league buys too many teams each season, which is why fans had to endure New York Jets games last season for […]
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — From the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the youngest creatures on Earth — Antarctic blue whales and coastal redwoods, tiny bacteria and humans — we are all enmeshed in many different relationships. We need each other, some more than others. Plants evolved hundreds of […]
While we all (okay, maybe just some of us) wait for the Cleveland Browns to take on the Seattle Seahawks at 10 p.m. Saturday night, an interesting sight popped up on social media. With high school football back on the field this week, many traditions are returning to people’s lives. However, this is not traditional […]
“It’s almost meditative,” says Sefi George, 29. “Every line you draw to capture a plant, animal, insect or ecosystem is deeply deliberate. You add a line here or a dot there to increase accuracy. In those moments, it’s just you and them.” PREMIUM A sketch of a Bombax ceiba by Sefi George. George is an […]
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Do you hear what I hear? Every morning over the past few weeks, when I have crawled out of bed to greet the day, I have heard a certain presence. Unobtrusive yet persistent, it is hard to ignore. It is the sound… of silence. Of course, it’s never completely quiet here in the suburbs. There’s […]
This year, the Cleveland Browns had the luxury of recruiting players who were not in the starting lineup but were expected to develop and become key players and regulars. RELATED: PLAYER RATINGS AGAINST VIKINGS So far in training camp and the two preseason games, a few names worth paying attention to on defense are: DE […]
A viral Instagram video shows a deer outsmarting both a cheetah and a hyena in a thrilling jungle encounter. After the cheetah grabs it, the deer plays dead as a hyena intervenes, only to come back to life and escape as the predators clash. The jungle is home to some of nature’s most fearsome predators, […]
