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New species added: Cane toad (Rhinella marina)

Species are in alphabetical order and have an IUCN classification of “Least Concern” unless noted. Species and subspecies are identified by two- and three-word scientific names, respectively. [...]

December 12, 2015 admin Nature & Wildlife, Photo, Travel & Culture 0

New species added: Galapagos brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)

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May 24, 2015 admin Nature & Wildlife, Photo, Travel & Culture 0

Saving Florida’s Water: As struggles deepen, opportunities abound to ensure future for our rivers and springs

— When Getzen Fowler started working maintenance at Poe Springs in 1951 for 23 cents an hour, it was vastly different than today. The park, then privately owned, had a boardwalk, a concession stand, changing houses and diving boards, said 75-year-old Fowler, who has lived in and around the nearby [...]

May 5, 2015 admin Journalism/Communications, Nature & Wildlife, Photo, Travel & Culture 0

The Last Public Swastikas in Berlin (video and photos)

— During my trip to Berlin last year, I asked our tour guide, a university researcher in Nazi history, if there are any public displays of swastikas left in Berlin. Sure enough, he said, there are two symbols of Hitler’s Third Reich, illegal in most cases in Germany since the end of [...]

February 18, 2015 admin History, Photo, Travel & Culture 11

How to Make Money on YouTube — My First $100

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February 11, 2015 admin Business, Journalism/Communications, Photo, Tech 0

The Real Slaughterhouse Five (in photos)

A G.I. taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bulge, Kurt Vonnegut was held by the Germans in Schlachthof Fünf, or Slaughterhouse Five, an actual slaughterhouse in the eastern German city of Dresden. This prison acted as a shelter for Vonnegut and other American prisoners when Allied planes bombed the city [...]

January 8, 2015 admin History, Photo, Travel & Culture 0