Showing posts with label natural history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natural history. Show all posts
Mar 13, 2013

Titian Peale

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(Wikipedia) - Titian Ramsay Peale (November 2, 1799 – March 13, 1885) was a noted American artist, naturalist, entomologist and photograph...
Feb 21, 2013

Carolina Parakeet

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(Wikipedia) The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. It was found f...
Feb 9, 2013

The Meteor procession of February 9, 1913

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(Wikipedia) The meteor procession of February 9, 1913, was a unique meteoric phenomenon reported from locations across Canada, the north...
Feb 5, 2013

The Whacking Day Blizzard

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1772: York County, Pennsylvania Three and one-half feet of snow falls in the county followed by a freezing rain. A thick crust forms, a co...
Dec 14, 2012

Amundsen's South Pole expedition

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  (Wikipedia) The first expedition to reach the geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen . He and four oth...
Nov 18, 2012

The Dust Bowl: Tonight on PBS

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Watch The Dust Bowl Intro on PBS. See more from The Dust Bowl.
Dec 30, 2011

Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing

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(Wikipedia) - Ling-Ling (1969 - December 30th, 1992) and Hsing-Hsing (1970 - 99) were two Giant Pandas given to the United States as gifts b...
Aug 13, 2011

History of the Great Dismal Swamp

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(Wikipedia) Scientists believe the Great Dismal Swamp was created when the continental shelf made its last big shift. The swamp consists...
Feb 9, 2011

The Meteor procession of February 9, 1913

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(Wikipedia) The meteor procession of February 9, 1913, was a unique meteoric phenomenon reported from locations across Canada, the north-eas...
Jan 6, 2011

Plumpton Park Zoo is now open every day of the week

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(BANV) The new owners of the Plumpton Park Zoo in Rising Sun are now keeping it open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily to entice visitors to the...
Sep 11, 2010

Ancient whale skull found in Calvert Cliffs

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(Baltimore Sun) Erosion along the Chesapeake Bay cliffs in Calvert County has exposed another ancient whale skull, and students from Harrisb...
Aug 26, 2010

Aug. 26, 1883: Krakatau Erupts, Changes World … Again

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(Wired) ... The final eruption also threw pumice an estimated 34 to 50 miles into the sky. Dust fell more than 3,000 miles away 10 days late...
Aug 23, 2010

1933 Chesapeake Potomac hurricane

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(Wikipedia) - The 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane was the 8th storm and third hurricane of the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season....
Aug 18, 2010

Lazy American Panda Shapes Up in China

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(Slate) When Tai Shan, the Washington-born panda formerly known to the Internet as " Butterstick ," was repatriated to China this ...
Aug 5, 2010

America’s Most Common Bat Headed for Eastern Extinction

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(Wired) By the time today’s toddlers graduate from high school, the most common bat in North America may have vanished altogether from the e...