Durga Puja arrives every year as sure as the autumn itself. And yet, each time, it feels new. Never the same. Maybe it’s the ...
"Will we now have to buy tickets to see Ma Durga?"This angry question came from a woman in her 40s, standing with her young ...
A statue of a wooden pirate greets visitors at Peg Leg Pete’s, a playful nod to its Pensacola Beach roots. The vibe is lively ...
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Can Scientists Help Oysters Thrive Again?

And because of all the organic material that accumulates in the reefs, oysters themselves might also help to absorb some of ...
A new study of ancient, extinct fish known as placoderms provides another piece of the evolutionary puzzle about our deep ...
The loss of one iconic species, sunflower sea stars, unleashed a voracious eater of seagrass habitats and upended the coastal ecosystem. But the response has opened new business opportunities.
They are beautiful, they are everywhere, and they are absurdly unknown: you are entirely forgiven if you've never heard of ...
The oldest workshop for making shell jewelry has been unearthed at the Paleolithic site of La Roche-à-Pierrot in ...
In relatively dry southern Colorado, they also provide a secondary round of water storage. The first round is Colorado’s snowpack, which, as it melts, feeds groundwater that fens’ spongy peat captures ...
Nikon has revealed the winners of the 15th annual Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition. The contest recognizes the most dynamic microscopic movies or digital time-lapse photography each year.