Articles related to "Natural History"



Make a Natural History Museum
Kids will learn how to research and sort the specimens that they found during their scavenger hunt, and then create their own museum.
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Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute sponsors mouth watering natural history research trips all around the world. The trips offer you a chance to take a field trip of a lifetime--unless you take another one.
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Trailside Museum of Natural History
The Trailside Museum of Natural History in River Forest, Illinois is a nature education center within the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.
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Ascaris lumbricoides – Life Cycle
Ascaris lumbricoides is the large intestinal worm familiar to people all over the world. This roundworm infects people when they swallow soil containing infective eggs.
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Australian Dinosaur Research
Rich fossil beds in outback Queensland may shed new light on the evolution of dinosaurs in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Belgian Museum of Printing History
Discover there is nothing modern about the Garamond font on your PC. Visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus/ Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen - UNESCO World Heritage, in Belgium.
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Facts About Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are beautiful, fascinating, engineering marvels. Here are some interesting facts about hummingbird classification, natural history, anatomy, and metabolism.
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Forest Park in Portland, Oregon
Just 15 minutes from downtown Portland, Oregon, a 4,900-acre forest preserve invites hiking, biking and strolling along 70 miles of trails.
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London 2007 New Year's Eve Events
New Year's Eve events in London include fireworks at the London Eye, ice skating at the Natural History Museum and a New Year's Eve party with the Super Furry Animals.
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Muppets take Smithsonian
Muppets and Mechanisms: Jim Henson's Legacy runs from May 19 - September 4 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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The Glace Bay Western Reef Heron
A Western Reef Heron, native to Africa, spent part of its 2006 summer in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Natural history and identifying features of the bird are discussed.
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What is an Ornithologist?
This brief article describes the profession of ornithologist and the scientific field of ornithology.
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Paleobotany II
Okay, fossil plants are pretty neat, but what else can they tell us about the ancient world?
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Santa Barbara Museums
Travel to the fancy, yet incredibly beautiful town of Santa Barbara, and you may want to do more than sunbathe. Three special museums add to the quality of your trip.
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Bicknell’s Thrush
After more than a century Bicknell's Thrush, Catharus bicknelli, gained its own species designation. The next century may record its decline.
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Cats and Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma gondii affects many different species, but it's a cat parasite. Cats spread it while they are acutely ill.
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Cyprus – Nature Meets Mythology
It's easy to believe that Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, sprang from the sea at the cliffs of this enchanting Mediterranean island and met Adonis in a mountain spring.
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Fasciolopsis buski – Fluke
Fasciolopsis buski, often referred to as the giant intestinal fluke, is a parasite of southern Asia. Read about its life cycle, distribution, and significance.
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Hurricanes and Bermuda Petrels
Bermuda Petrels (Cahows), nest on offshore islands in Bermuda. Hurricanes wash away sections of these islands and threaten the breeding season of the endangered birds.
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Milford Sound Red Boat Cruises
Milford Sound Red Boat Cruises take in the stunning Stirling Falls cascading into the Sound, Mitre Peak and wildlife encounters on this spectacular New Zealand waterway.
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New York City's Upper West Side
New York City can be an expensive place to visit, but with the right information visitors can see the city for less. Here are some tips for the Upper West Side.
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Night at the Museum for Real
Inspired by the success of Night at the Museum, The American Museum of Natural History in New York has sleepovers for children ages 8-12 and their families.
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Rose Center for Earth and Space
Unlike any other facility of its kind, the Rose Center for Earth and Space is simply AMAZING.
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Barnum Brown (1873 to 1963)
Barnum Brown is one of the best known of the early paleontologists.
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Become a Museum Docent
What does a docent do? How do you learn to give docent guided tours? Learn about docents and docent training at National Docent Symposium.
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Mary Anning (1799 - 1847)
Mary Anning was a fossil hunter of extraordinary talent whose work was vital to the study of natural history and, ultimately, to the understanding of evolution.
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Mononykus
Another missing link between dinosaurs and birds?
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Something Old, Something New

The Dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World"
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh has a new travelling exhibit about the Dinosaurs of "Jurassic Park" and "The Lost World".
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Use Maps, Books, Experts - Identify Fossil Finds
Amateur paleontologists have provided numerous scientifically significant discoveries to museums. It is important to try to identify the fossil before asking an expert.
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Visit Historic Pocatello Idaho
From skiing to taking a dip in hot spring pools to learning about Idaho potatoes and exploring the Craters of the Moon, Idaho's Pocatello Area provides year-round fun.
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Sabre-toothed Cats
This group of extinct cats were very common until the end of the last Ice Age.
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Sir Richard Owen, 1804-1892
Richard Owen gave the dinosaurs their name back in 1842. Learn more about one of the early paleontologists.
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Thescelosaurus: The Dinosaur with a Heart?
Paleontologists made the news earlier this year with reports of a possible fossilized heart in a Thescelosaurus.
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Internet Paleontology Journals
On-line paleontology journal references.
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Bonnie Demerjian - Roll On!
If you can't visit the Stikine River soon, experience it through Bonnie Demerjian's book about the great river
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Book Review: A Book of Salvias
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Book: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara Kingsolver's "A Year in the Life" details how her family attempted to eat only foods produced within a 100-mile radius of their farm in Virginia. How did they do?
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Brit-Mystery Winner / Python's 30th Anniversary / Dawn French
Brit-Mystery Winner / Python's 30th Anniversary / Dawn French / Walking with Dinosaurs
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology conducts research, aids bird conservation, educates students and the public, and involves ordinary citizens in science.
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Montezuma
Valentine's day is for lovers. Valentines day is for wives, girl friends and sometimes your mistress. Besides my wife and girls and their families that I love dearly there is one other thing that my wife accuses me of taking her place. That is the outdoor community. Mother- Nature runs a close second to my wife and girls. Sometimes I suppose my wife thinks Mother- Nature is my mistress.

Nicholas Haberd's Seed to Seed
Seed to Seed by Nicholas Harberd shows that science can be thrilling, fun, even poetic, and that scientific vision can help a culture reconnect to the natural world.
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Nothing in common but FUN!
Sites with nothing in common but Entertainment and Fun, don't miss these ones!
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Present Ideas for Naturalists
Give a budding marine biologist a suitable present.
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Review - The Screaming Room
What happens when the depraved obsessions of a generation past are visited on the people of New York City?
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Spotted Eagle Stingrays
Stingray attacks leave lingering questions regarding the behavior and habitats of these graceful but often deadly creatures.
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The Breathtaking Natural Wonders of Clare
Clare's natural beauty includes deep caves and rugged coastline, dolmens and sweeping cliffs.
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A Faith-Free Homeschool Education
Examples for secular and minority-faith parents seeking resources and materials for their children.
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Amphibians II
Some of the amphibian groups have become completely extinct.
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Ayers Rock and the Olgas
World's largest monolith, the Olga mountains, aboriginal art, Uluru National Park, the southern constellations, port lincoln parrots, perentie lizards make trip exciting.
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