While it comes with many caveats, a new study suggests that fast-paced shows like "SpongeBob SquarePants" make it harder for young children to engross themselves in later tasks.
Consider the implications of buying plant and animal products. Find out if they're rare or endangered, taken from the wild, and if the trade is approved of by local authorities.
Beadle dime novels became so popular that the company had to build a factory of hack writers to mass produce them. As urbanization spread, tales of the Wild West were in less demand, and tales of urban outlaws became popular.
In America, dime novels typically centered on tales of the American Revolution and the Wild West, while British penny bloods (later called penny dreadfuls) told serial tales of horror or fictionalized versions of true crimes.
How does one explain the deliberate burial of a wild cat? Zooarchaeologist Angela Perri thinks that the 2000-yr-old bobcat was not sacrificed but deliberately arranged in its grave with a collar and its paws place together.
How does one explain the deliberate burial of a wild cat? Zooarchaeologist Angela Perri thinks that the 2000-yr-old bobcat was not sacrificed but deliberately arranged in its grave with a collar and its paws place together.
As the Rim Fire menaces Yosemite, tree experts expect the big trees to survive. Full-grown sequoias are adapted to survive even the hottest wildfires. They have fibrous, fire-resistant bark that can grow up to two feet thick.
Back from the brink of extinction, the endangered whooping crane is making a slow recovery. Only about 200 are currently living in the wild. These majestic white birds are the tallest in North America.
Back from the brink of extinction, the endangered whooping crane is making a slow recovery. Only about 200 are currently living in the wild. These majestic white birds are the tallest in North America.
Back from the brink of extinction, the endangered whooping crane is making a slow recovery. Only about 200 are currently living in the wild. These majestic white birds are the tallest in North America.
It’s good, old-fashioned fun when a poor mechanic’s son named David (Alex Pettyfer) falls head over heels in love with the rich and gorgeous Jade (Gabriella Wilde) and she — amazingly — falls just as hard for him.
Every Sunday, the city of Bogota closes more than 100km (62mi) of roads to motor vehicles, and a wildebeest-worthy migration of bikes and pedestrians takes over the city.
The wildebeest migration is considered one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth, involving up to 1.5 million wildebeests as well as hundreds of thousands of other animals.
As the Rim Fire menaces Yosemite, tree experts expect the big trees to survive. Full-grown sequoias are adapted to survive even the hottest wildfires. They have fibrous, fire-resistant bark that can grow up to two feet thick.
As the Rim Fire menaces Yosemite, tree experts expect the big trees to survive. Full-grown sequoias are adapted to survive even the hottest wildfires. They have fibrous, fire-resistant bark that can grow up to two feet thick.
As the Rim Fire menaces Yosemite, tree experts expect the big trees to survive. Full-grown sequoias are adapted to survive even the hottest wildfires. They have fibrous, fire-resistant bark that can grow up to two feet thick.
Wakhan National Park encompasses soaring mountains, alpine grasslands, and unique wildlife in the northeastern part of Afghanistan. It also preserves the traditional ways of life practiced by communities inside its borders.
Wakhan National Park encompasses soaring mountains, alpine grasslands, and unique wildlife in the northeastern part of Afghanistan. It also preserves the traditional ways of life practiced by communities inside its borders.
Wakhan National Park encompasses soaring mountains, alpine grasslands, and unique wildlife in the northeastern part of Afghanistan. It also preserves the traditional ways of life practiced by communities inside its borders.