Many of the Muppets are pretty easy to pin down, species-wise. Kermit is a frog. Fonzie is a bear. Miss Piggy is, obviously, a feisty piggy. But Gonzo—with his blue-ish fur, bulging eyes, tuft of purple feathers, and long, curved nose that looks a little like a beak—is something of an enigma. The writers of
The so-called “weekend warrior” exercise approach offers an enticing trade: skip the workouts all week, and cram them into one or two days instead. It sounded great to me, until I realized it could turn my hard-earned “Thank God it’s Friday” into “Oh God, it’s Friday.” Still, for people who genuinely lack the time to
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As nesting season in Big Bear Valley continues, internet-famous bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) father Shadow and his potential new partner Kaydee are putting in the work. Like any couple, the pair is taking on a little “nestoration” project. Kaydee focused on rearranging a few errant sticks and Shadow inspected several parts of the nest. According
An unsuspecting traveler trucking their way through a hiking trail would likely stop in bewilderment if they saw it: a nearly two-foot-long, Slinky-like contraption made of plastic and rubber, clambering forward like an inchworm. That confusion would shift to unease when scanning up and down its bendy, elephant-trunk-like body and seeing pairs of snapping claws
Scientists began using satellites to map mangrove forests in the 1970s after the launch of the first Landsat satellite. For decades, the story they told about mangroves was dominated by loss and decline. Research published in Science suggests that the tide has turned. A global rebound began around 2010, the scientists found, led by the